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11Beneficent Congregational Church — Infobox nrhp | name =Beneficent Congregational Church nrhp type = caption = location= Providence, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 49 lat seconds = 11 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 24 long seconds = 51 long… …
12beneficent — adjective Etymology: back formation from beneficence Date: 1616 1. doing or producing good; especially performing acts of kindness and charity 2. beneficial • beneficently adverb …
13beneficent — beneficently, adv. /beuh nef euh seuhnt/, adj. doing good or causing good to be done; conferring benefits; kindly in action or purpose. [1610 20; BENEFIC(ENCE) + ENT] * * * …
14beneficent — adjective /bəˈnɛf.ə.sənt/ Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial. Syn: generous Ant: maleficent …
15beneficent — Synonyms and related words: almsgiving, altruistic, amicable, benevolent, benign, benignant, bighearted, charitable, cooperative, eleemosynary, favorable, freehearted, friendly, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, kind, kindly, kindly disposed …
16beneficent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bountiful, generous. See benevolence.Ant., miserly, ungenerous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. benign, salutary, benevolent; see helpful 1 , kind . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Characterized …
17beneficent — be|nef|i|cent [ bə nefısənt ] adjective FORMAL doing things that are intended to help people ╾ be|nef|i|cence [ bə nefısnt ] noun uncount ╾ be|nef|i|cent|ly adverb …
18beneficent — be·nef·i·cent || bɪ nefɪsnt adj. kind; good …
19beneficent — a. 1. Bountiful, benevolent, kind, liberal, generous, bounteous, princely, munificent. 2. Benign, favorable, beneficial, benignant, salutary …
20beneficent — adjective formal doing things to help people; generous beneficence noun (U) beneficently adverb …
