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beneficent
What does beneficent mean?
beneficent (adjective): generous in assistance to the poor.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce beneficent?
/bəˈnɛfəsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does beneficent come from?
From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of beneficent?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “beneficent” mean?
not stated explicitly or in detail
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generous in assistance to the poor
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recurring with measured regularity
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irrefutable, or impossible to deny
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Which word is closest in meaning to “beneficent”?
miscellaneous
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dysfunctional
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philanthropic
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contradictory
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