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Benevolence: Definition and part of speech

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Benevolence

  1. n. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
  2. n. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
  3. n. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beneficial: Definition and part of speech

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Beneficial

  1. a. King.
  2. a. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; — followed by to.
  3. a. Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Benevolent: Definition and part of speech

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Benevolent

  1. a. Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beneficiary: Definition and part of speech

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Beneficiary

  1. a. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
  2. a. Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.