benefic
[b
uh
-
nef
-ik]
/bəˈnɛf ɪk/
adjective
1.
doing or promoting some good; beneficent:
a benefic truce; a benefic confluence of planets.
Origin
1590-1600;
<
Latin
beneficus.
See
bene-
,
-fic
Examples from the web for
benefic
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British Dictionary definitions for
benefic
benefic
/
bɪˈnɛfɪk
/
adjective
1.
a rare word for
beneficent