beneficent
pronunciation
How to pronounce beneficent in British English:
UK [bɪˈnefɪsnt]
How to pronounce beneficent in American English:
US [bəˈnɛfɪsənt]
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- Adjective:
- doing or producing good
- doing or producing good
- generous in assistance to the poor
Word Origin
- beneficent (adj.)
- 1610s, "doing good, charitable," probably from beneficent on model of magnificent, etc.
Example
- 1. What has seduced thee from thy lord most beneficent ?
- 2. My almighty beneficent father in the immense sky .
- 3. The action , do not drop out in beneficent arena .
- 4. No one was so beneficent as he .
- 5. The beneficent act is beneficial to us .