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Definition of beneficent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beneficent

adjective
 
/bɪˈnefɪsnt/
 
/bɪˈnefɪsnt/
(formal)
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  1. giving help; being kind synonym generous
    • the beneficent powers of Nature
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin beneficent- (stem of beneficentior, comparative of beneficus ‘favourable, generous’), from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.
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