BENEVOLENT
\bənˈɛvələnt], \bənˈɛvələnt], \b_ə_n_ˈɛ_v_ə_l_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of BENEVOLENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.
By Oddity Software
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Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.
By Noah Webster.
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Charitable; generous; ready to give to good objects.
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Benevolently.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Benevolently.
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Wellwishing: disposed to do good.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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