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Definition of Benignant
1. Adjective. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. "The benign influence of pure air"
Attributes: Benignancy, Benignity, Graciousness
Similar to: Kindly
Also: Harmless, Kind
Derivative terms: Benignancy
Antonyms: Malign
2. Adjective. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects. "Our benignant king"
Definition of Benignant
1. a. Kind; gracious; favorable.
Definition of Benignant
1. Adjective. (rare) Kind; gracious; favorable. ¹
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Definition of Benignant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benignant
Literary usage of Benignant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
""Than Dares' death to thy benignant shade. " For this last victory and joyful
day, " My gauntlets and my art I leave with thee. ..."
2. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"... which was benignant and beautiful, she died March gth, 1825, having attained
to over fourscore years. By the side of this hymn, and as its fit ..."
3. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Procession of SOLDIERS, and Grand Chorus of VILLAGERS. Sea-girt England, fertile
land ! Plenty, from her richest stores, Ever, with benignant hand, ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1815)
"-*IT boui on the minds, lives, and proper- LI-S rl those whom it has for its object.
r.-urse dispenses a benignant influence. ..."