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A favor or benefit. [Obs.] Baxter.

Possessed of a benefice o "Beneficed clergymen." Burke.

Having no benefice. "Beneficeless precisians." Sheldon.

tive goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness. And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. Cowper.

, a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.

Relating to beneficence.

In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

Conferring benefits; useful; profito. The war which would have been most beneficial to us. Swift.

In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.

The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.

r a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

To reduce (ores). -- Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion (n.

Beneficent. [Obs.]

An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.

One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

To deprive (of), or take away (from). [Obs.]

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To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak.

eness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. Chalmers.