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The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.

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.]

n 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.

See Ladyfish.

Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]

plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.

Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.

The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.

In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton.

Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.

So as not to be effaceable.

Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal. The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter. Jer. Taylor.

In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.

Quality of being ineffective.