Beneficently

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be·nef·i·cent (b

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adj.

1. Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.

2. Producing benefit; beneficial.

[Probably from beneficence, on the model of such pairs as benevolent, benevolence.]

be·nefi·cent·ly adv.

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beneficent sing			This I say, Sancho, that thou attribute not the favour thou hast received to thine own merits, but give thanks to heaven that disposes matters beneficently, and secondly thanks to the great power the profession of knight-errantry contains in itself. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context Soothingly, like the gentle rustling of the leaves; and genially, like the ripening weather; and radiantly and beneficently, like the sunshine, he went on. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context Dorothea had little vanity, but she had the ardent woman's need to rule beneficently by making the joy of another soul. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context			Benedict XVI Benedict's solution Benedict's test Benedictine Benedictine order Benedictinism benediction Benedictional Benedictionary Benedictive Benedictory Benedictus Benedight benefact benefaction benefactive role benefactor benefactress benefic benefice Beneficed Beneficeless beneficence beneficent Beneficential Beneficently beneficial beneficially Beneficialness beneficiary Beneficiate beneficiation Beneficient benefit benefit album benefit association benefit concert benefit in kind benefit of clergy benefit performance benefit society Benefiter Benelux Beneme benempt Benet Benét Benevento benevolence benevolent benevolent fund			benefactresses bénéfficiare benefic Benefic planet Beneficat benefice benefice benefice Benefice exceptionnel Benefice Net Par Action Bénéfice Net par Action Bénéfice Par Action beneficed beneficed beneficed Beneficeless beneficence beneficence beneficence beneficences beneficences beneficences beneficent beneficent beneficent Beneficent Congregational Church Beneficent Congregational Church beneficent friend beneficentia Beneficential Beneficently Benefices Benefices Benefices Bénéfices Industriels et Commerciaux Bénéfices Non Commerciaux Beneficia bénéficiaire Bénéficiaires de l'Obligation d'Emploi beneficial beneficial beneficial Beneficial Association Beneficial Association of Capitol Employees Beneficial Cargo Owner Beneficial Conversion Feature Beneficial Effect of Composite Construction Beneficial funding Beneficial funding Beneficial funding Beneficial funding Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Beneficial Insects Research Laboratory Beneficial Insects Research Unit Beneficial interest Beneficial interest Beneficial Irrigation Water Consumption Beneficial Mixture for Body Immune Function Beneficial mutation Beneficial mutation Beneficial mutation

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