单词 | benefact |
释义 | † benefactn. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Categories » ‘A good deed or benefit.’ Blount Glossogr. 1656. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). benefactv. transitive. To help or endow as a benefactor. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [verb (transitive)] > give in charity almonc1325 dole1465 benefaction1823 benefact1898 1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings 3 Whose benefacting..extended chieflie to their supposed children and Paramoures.] 1898 E. W. B. Nicholson in Westm. Gaz. 10 June 2/3 Mr. Gladstone..offered to try to get one of the richest men in the world to benefact us. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 507/2 He did not want to benefact Hamborne in any kind of way. 1924 Serena Blandish vii The benefactress was gone, and the benefacted remained alone to ponder her benefactions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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