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benefacting

benefacting is the present participle and gerund of benefact.

Meaning of benefact

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

Questions about benefacting

What is benefacting the present participle and gerund of?
Benefacting is the present participle and gerund of benefact.

Words near benefacting in the dictionary

  1. Benedikt syndrome
  2. benefact
  3. benefacted
  4. benefactee
  5. benefactees
  6. benefacting
  7. benefaction
  8. benefactions
  9. benefactive
  10. benefactive case
  11. benefactive cases

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