Bene placito \Be`ne plac"i*to\ (b[=e]`n[-e] pl[a^]s"[i^]*t[-o];
It. b[=a]`n[asl] pl[aum]"ch[-e]*t[-o]). [It. beneplacito
pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.]
1. At or during pleasure.
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For our English judges there never was . . . any
bene placito as their tenure. --F. Harrison.
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2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.
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