- beneficent
- adjective Etymology: back-formation from beneficence Date: 1616 1. doing or producing good; especially performing acts of kindness and charity 2. beneficial • beneficently adverb
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beneficent — (adj.) 1610s, doing good, charitable, probably from BENEFICENT (Cf. beneficent) on model of magnificent, etc … Etymology dictionary
Beneficent — Be*nef i*cent, a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. [1913 Webster] The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Benevolent}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beneficent — index beneficial, charitable (benevolent), charitable (lenient), donative, humane, liberal ( … Law dictionary
beneficent — *benevolent Analogous words: *charitable, humanitarian, philanthropic, eleemosynary, altruistic: munificent, bountiful, bounteous, open handed, generous (see LIBERAL) Antonyms: maleficent … New Dictionary of Synonyms
beneficent — [bə nef′əsənt] adj. 1. showing beneficence; doing good 2. resulting in benefit beneficently adv … English World dictionary
beneficent — [[t]bɪne̱fɪs(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A beneficent person or thing helps people or results in something good. [FORMAL] In 1909 nuns were running more than 1,000 beneficent institutions … English dictionary
beneficent — be|nef|i|cent [bıˈnefısənt] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: beneficus; BENEFICE] helping people, or resulting in something good ▪ the beneficent properties of natural remedies >beneficence n [U] >beneficently adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
beneficent — [bɪ nɛfɪs(ə)nt] adjective doing good or resulting in good. Derivatives beneficence noun beneficently adverb Origin C17: from L. beneficent , from bene facere do good (to) … English new terms dictionary
beneficent — adj. doing good; generous, actively kind. Derivatives: beneficence n. beneficently adv. Etymology: L beneficent (as BENEFICE) … Useful english dictionary
beneficent friend — index benefactor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Beneficent Congregational Church — Infobox nrhp | name =Beneficent Congregational Church nrhp type = caption = location= Providence, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 49 lat seconds = 11 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 24 long seconds = 51 long… … Wikipedia
