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benefact

benefact verb: to benefit; to act as benefactor toward.

Verb

benefact (third-person singular simple present benefacts, present participle benefacting, simple past and past participle benefacted)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
    • You must feel yourselves in the Christian economy on one great level , each benefacting the other , without assuming superiority one over the other.1854, John Cumming, Sabbath Evening Readings on the New Testament, page 486

Forms of benefact

third-person singular presentbenefacts
present participlebenefacting
past participlebenefacted
pastbenefacted

Origin of benefact

Back-formation from benefactor.

Words formed from benefact

Questions about benefact

What does benefact mean?
Benefact means to benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
What part of speech is benefact?
Benefact is a verb.
What is the past tense of benefact?
The past tense of benefact is benefacted.

Words near benefact in the dictionary

  1. benedicts
  2. Benedictus
  3. Benedictuses
  4. benedight
  5. Benedikt syndrome
  6. benefact
  7. benefacted
  8. benefactee
  9. benefactees
  10. benefacting
  11. benefaction

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