benefactoratev.
To act the benefactor to; to benefaction.Apparently an isolated use.
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1769 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) II. 432 A plan for the East window of his Cathedral which he intends to benefactorate with painted glass.
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v.1769- to talk a great ball game
- to talk a person into or out of
- to talk a person over or round
- to talk a person through
- to talk a person up to
- to talk a streak
- to talk a thing over
- to talk a thing up
- to talk at
- to talk at rovers
- to talk baby
- to talk back
- to talk bawdy
- to talk big
- to talk church
- to talk cock
- to talk cold turkey
- to shut forth
- to shut head, face
- to shut heart
- to shut in
- to shut in one's shop
- to shut mouth
- to shut off
- to shut one's ears