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   beneficent

   /bɪˈnɛfɪs(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) generous or doing good: "a beneficent landowner"
   • ▪ resulting in good: "a beneficent democracy"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin beneficent- (stem of beneficentior, comparative of beneficus ‘favourable, generous’), from bene facere ‘do good (to)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. beneficence noun
   • 2. beneficently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   • E

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   • N

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