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benefic

[ buh-nef-ik ]

adjective

  1. doing or promoting some good; beneficent:

    a benefic truce; a benefic confluence of planets.

benefic

/ ²úɪˈ²ÔÉ›´Úɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. a rare word for beneficent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of benefic1

From the Latin word beneficus, dating back to 1590–1600. See bene-, -fic
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He sought an intimacy with the benefic Jupiter, and found it—perhaps by a secret kowtowing to Sagittarius.

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