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Definition of Beneficent
1. Adjective. Doing or producing good. "The most beneficent regime in history"
Similar to: Benefic
Also: Kind
Derivative terms: Beneficence, Beneficence, Benefit
Antonyms: Maleficent
2. Adjective. Generous in assistance to the poor. "Philanthropic contributions"
Definition of Beneficent
1. a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
Definition of Beneficent
1. Adjective. Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beneficent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beneficent
Literary usage of Beneficent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1843)
"... so that the faithful believers shall in the other world, by a beneficent
necessity, become exalted: •• God «aid : • Some countenances shall on that day ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and fertility are the beneficent characteristics of all the later works of
Raphael's life. It is evident that the artist the feeling is communicated to ..."
3. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry : Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1825)
"... What he beholds and loves, the general orb beneficent and active. Thus the
men Of life and being; to be great like Him, Whom nature's works instruct, ..."
4. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"considered at least occasionally beneficent is also ver prevalent among uncivilised
peoples.1 The gods of the pagan Lapps were all good, although they took ..."
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