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benefiteth

benefiteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of benefit.

Meaning of benefit

Verb

benefit (third-person singular simple present benefits, present participle benefiting or benefitting, simple past and past participle benefited or benefitted)

  1. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
    • […] I will repent of the good; wherewith I saide I would benefite them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 18:10
  2. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
    • Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329

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Forms of benefiteth

alternative formbenefitteth

Origin of benefiteth

benefit + -eth

Questions about benefiteth

What is benefiteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Benefiteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of benefit.

Words near benefiteth in the dictionary

  1. benefited
  2. benefiter
  3. benefiters
  4. benefites
  5. benefitest
  6. benefiteth
  7. benefitial
  8. benefiting
  9. benefitless
  10. benefits
  11. benefits cliff

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