English-Thai Dictionary

beneficent

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็นประโยชน์  generous sueng-pen-pa-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BENEFICENT

a.Doing good; performing acts of kindness and charity. It differs from benign, as the act from the disposition; beneficence being benignity or kindness exerted in action.

 

BENEFICENTLY

adv. In a beneficent manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BENEFICENT

BENEFICENT Be *nef `i *cent

 

Defn:, a. Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.

 

Syn. -- See Benevolent.

 

BENEFICENTIAL

BENEFICENTIAL Be *nef `i *cen "tial, a.

 

Defn: Relating to beneficence.

 

BENEFICENTLY

BENEFICENTLY Be *nef "i *cent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

beneficent

be nef i cent |bəˈnefəsənt bəˈnɛfəsənt | ▶adjective (of a person ) generous or doing good. • resulting in good: a beneficent democracy. DERIVATIVES be nef i cence noun, be nef i cent ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin beneficent- (stem of beneficentior, comparative of beneficus ‘favorable, generous ’), from bene facere ‘do good (to ).’

 

Oxford Dictionary

beneficent

beneficent |bɪˈnɛfɪs (ə )nt | ▶adjective (of a person ) generous or doing good. • resulting in good: a beneficent democracy. DERIVATIVES beneficence noun, beneficently adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin beneficent- (stem of beneficentior, comparative of beneficus ‘favourable, generous ’), from bene facere ‘do good (to )’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

beneficent

beneficent adjective our wonderful and beneficent Aunt Astrid: benevolent, charitable, altruistic, humanitarian, neighborly, public-spirited, philanthropic; generous, kind, magnanimous, munificent, unselfish, unstinting, openhanded, liberal, lavish, bountiful; literary bounteous. ANTONYMS stingy, mean.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

beneficent

beneficent adjective he sees himself as their beneficent saviour: benevolent, charitable, altruistic, humane, humanitarian, neighbourly, public-spirited, philanthropic; generous, magnanimous, munificent, unselfish, ungrudging, unstinting, open-handed, free-handed, free, liberal, lavish, bountiful, benign, indulgent, kind; literary bounteous; rare benignant. ANTONYMS unkind, mean.

 

Spanish Dictionary

beneficentísimo, -ma

beneficentísimo, -ma adjetivo Superlativo de benéfico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

beneficent

be nef i cent /bənéfɪs (ə )nt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠慈善的な ; 情け深い, 寛大な (↔maleficent ).～ly 副詞