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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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16 words match “BENEFICENT”

BENEFICENT n.
roducing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.
BENEFICENTIAL a.
Relating to beneficence.
BENEFICENTLY adv.
In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
ALTRUISTIC a.
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to Ant: egoistic or Ant: selfish. Bain. -- Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
BENEFIC a.
Favorable; beneficent. Milton.
BENEFICIENT a.
Beneficent. [Obs.]
BLESSING n.
A means of happiness; that which promotes prosperity and welfare; a beneficent gift. Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed. Milton.
BOUNTEOUS a.
Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper. -- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n.
CHARITABLE a.
Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak.
CHRISTIAN a.
Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. Tennyson. Christian Commission. See under Commission. -- Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court. -- Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owi…
DEWY a.
Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew. Dewy sleep ambrosial. Cowper.
GRACIOUS a.
ounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak.
GREEN a.
gorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. Burke.
KINDLY a.
Favorable; mild; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. In soft silence shed the kindly shower. Pope. Should e'er a kindlier time ensue. Wordsworth.
MAZDEAN a.
Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.
WHITE a.
ch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. Addison. Cotton Mather. -- White wolf. (Zoöl.) (a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and Thibetan wolf. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. -- Wh…