benefacture
benefacture noun: an act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence.
Noun
benefacture (countable and uncountable, plural benefactures)
- An act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence.
- All theſe diſpoſitions are but incloſures; Give mee the open Champaine of a generall and illimited benefacture: Is he rich?1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] XXVIII: Univerſall Intereſt”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloqvies: Or, Holy Self-Conferences of the Devout Soul […], Second edition, London: Printed by Will[iam] Hunt...
- True it is he was full of pious and charitable good works and bublick Benefactures in his latter dayes.1669, The Vulcano’s: Or, Burning and Fire-vomiting Mountains, Famous in the World: VVith their Remarkables, London: Printed by J. Darby, for John Allen; […], page 62; Collected for the moſt part out...
- Antonyms:
- malefacture
Antonyms of benefacture
Forms of benefacture
| plural | benefactures |
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Origin of benefacture
Borrowed from Latin benefactūrus, future active participle of benefaciō (“to do good, to benefit”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).
Questions about benefacture
- What does benefacture mean?
- Benefacture means an act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence.
- What part of speech is benefacture?
- Benefacture is a noun.
- What is the plural of benefacture?
- The plural of benefacture is benefactures.
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