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▪ I. † well-ˈliking, vbl. n. Obs.
[Cf. OE. wellícung, glossing L. beneplacitum.]
Favourable regard, fondness; approbation or love (of).
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lv. 12. 214 All well-lyking of reason and honestie was quite banished. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 401 But this man lacking luck, did also lacke wel lyking. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretorie ii. (1625) 46 Whilest by an outragious well-liking of your selfe, you become ignorant of your owne mischiefes. 1603Daniel Def. Ryme Wks. (1717) 6 Drawn farther on by the Well-liking and Approbation of my worthy Lord. 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 65 His approbation and wel-liking of those Innovations. 1679Pepys Let. 6 May, Which you were pleased..to express your well-liking of.
▪ II. well-ˈliking, ppl. a.
[Cf. OE. wel-lícendlic adj., pleasing. For † well like v. see well adv. 31.]
1. In good condition and of lusty appearance; thriving, healthy, plump. arch.
13..Prose Psalter xci. 14 Hij shul ben wele likand. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1564 Aboute it is gras spryngyng, For moiste so thikke and wel likyng That it ne may in wynter dye. c1440Partonope 1087 Strong he was and wele lykyng. 1539Bible (Great) Ps. xcii. 13 They..shalbe fat and wel lyking [1611 flourishing]. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 119 The Popes clergie shal be well fed, faire and welliking. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 46 Houselike..is alwaies greene and well liking. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. ii. i. 90 A Carthusian of a ruddy colour, and well likeing. 1685H. More Illustration etc. 1 They refusing the King's portion, grow fair and well liking with pulse and water. 1753J. Collier Art Torment. Introd. 16 But be very careful daily to observe whether your patient continues in good health, and is fat and well-liken. 1795Jemima I. 176 His Lordship..looks altogether smug and well-liking. 1865Kingsley Herew. xxix, There came into the camp at Brandon, riding on an ambling pad, himself fat and well-liking, none other than Sir Deda. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl Karp. 121 There was a tendency in the conditions at the farm to make one fat, lazy, and well-liking.
fig.1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 268 Wel-liking wits they haue, grosse, grosse, fat, fat. 1642D. Rogers Naaman Ep. Ded. 3 To grow wel-liking and flourishing in goodnesse.
†2. Pleasant, agreeable. Obs.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. xlvii. 478 It beseemeth a man..to be well liking, gentle and acceptable [se rendre plaisant, doux et aggreable] to an honest and vertuous wife. |