Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 32
Bend (n.) pl. (Med.) Same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
Bends of a ship, The thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship bend.
Bend (n.) A band. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Bend (n.) (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Bend sinister (Her.), An honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
Compare: Heraldry
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] 紋章學；（總稱）紋章；盛典 The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
‘The use of the rose in heraldry.’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Armorial bearings or other heraldic symbols.
‘The monument shows the heraldry of William Paget’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Colourful ceremony.
‘All the pomp and heraldry provided a splendid pageant.’
Bend (n.) A circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn].
Bend (n.) Movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend].
Bend (n.) Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend, curve].
Bend (n.) An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend].
Bend (n.) A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.
Bend (n.) Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left [syn: bend, bend dexter].
Bend (v.) Form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend, flex] [ant: straighten, unbend].
Bend (v.) Change direction; "The road bends".
Bend (v.) Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend].
Bend (v.) Bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend, bow].
Bend (v.) Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away].
Bend (v.) Bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn: flex, bend].
Bend, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 52029
Housing Units (2000): 22507
Land area (2000): 32.021921 sq. miles (82.936392 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.216276 sq. miles (0.560152 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 32.238197 sq. miles (83.496544 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05800
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.056434 N, 121.308085 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97701 97702
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bend, OR
Bend
Bendable (a.) 可彎曲的 Capable of being bent.
Bendable (a.) Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy].
Bender (n.) 扭彎物體的人（或工具）；【俚】飲酒作樂 One who, or that which, bends.
Bender (n.) An instrument used for bending.
Bender (n.) A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Bender (n.) A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]
Bender (n.) A tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender".
Bender (n.) Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up].
Bender (n.) A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender].
Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bending (n.) Movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend].
Bending (n.) The property of being bent or deflected [syn: deflection, deflexion, bending].
Bending (n.) The act of bending something.
Bendlet (n.) (Her.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.
Bendlet (n.) (Heraldry) A bend of half the normal width, usually borne in groups of two or three.
‘The same holds true for the bendlet and the otter and the wings of the crest and the atom and the shield itself.’
Bendwise (adv.) (Her.) 【紋章學】斜地, 成對角線地 Diagonally.
Bendwise (adv.) (Heraldry) In the direction of a bend : Diagonally.
Bendwise (a.) Having the direction of a bend in a coat of arms : Diagonal.
Bendy (a.) (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. -- Cussans.
Compare: Moringa
Moringa (prop. n.) (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ({Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
Ben, Ben nut (n.) (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.
Ben (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]
Ben (n.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
Ben () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. [Obs.]
Bene, Ben (n.) [Native name.] (Zool.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis).
Ben (n.) A mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben".
BEN BEstaetigungsNummer (banking)
Ben () A son.
Bene (n.) A prayer; boon. [Archaic]
What is good for a bootless bene ? -- Wordsworth. Bene
Bene (n.) (Bot.) See Benne.
Bene (n.) Alt. of Ben
Beneaped (a.) (Naut.) See Neaped.
Compare: Neaped
Neaped (a.) (Naut.) （指船隻）擱淺的 Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.
Beneath (prep.) 在……之下；向……下面；（地位等）低於；劣於；對……不適合（或不值得） Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." -- Ex. xxxii. 19.
Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. -- Pope.
Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
Our country sinks beneath the yoke. -- Shak.
Beneath (prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. -- Atterbury.
Beneath (adv.) 在下；向下；（地位等）較低；較劣 In a lower place; underneath.
The earth you take from beneath will be barren. -- Mortimer.
Beneath (adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
Beneath (adv.) In or to a place that is lower [syn: below, at a lower place, to a lower place, beneath] [ant: above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place].
Benedicite (n.) 祈福；（B-）【宗】祈禱書起頭的短頌歌；短頌歌的譜曲 An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.
Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Compare: Canticle
Canticle (n.) 聖歌；頌歌；小歌曲 A hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service.
Canticle (n.) (Also Canticles, Canticle of Canticles) Another name for Song of Songs (especially in the Vulgate Bible).
Benedicite (n.) A blessing, especially a grace said at table in religious communities.
Benedicite (n.) (The Benedicite) The canticle used in the Anglican service of matins beginning ‘O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord’, the text being taken from the Apocrypha.
Compare: Apocrypha
Apocrypha (n.) (Plural noun) [Treated as singular or plural] 【宗】次經，新約外傳，偽經；（a-）旁經（來源可疑的文件）；偽書 Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture.
Apocrypha (n.) Writings or reports not considered genuine.
Benedicite (n.) An invocation of a blessing.
// The friar answered his reverend greeting with a paternal benedicite. -- Sir Walter Scott
Benedicite (int.) (Obsolete) 祝福您 Used to express a wish.
// Grace go with you, benedicite. -- Shakespeare
Benedict (n.) Alt. of Benedick
Benedick (n.) 新婚的男人（尤指獨身多年方結婚者） A married man, or a man newly married.
Benedick (n.) A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) [syn: benedick, benedict].
Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Compare: Mild
Mild (a.) 溫和的，溫柔的；溫暖的，暖和的 Not severe, serious, or harsh.
‘Mild criticism.’
‘Mild flulike symptoms.’
Mild (a.) (Of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
‘Mild winters.’
Mild (a.) (Of a feeling) Not intense or extreme.
‘She looked at him in mild surprise.’
Mild (a.) (Of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently.
‘A mild sedative.’
Mild (a.) (Of food, drink, or tobacco) Not sharp, hot, or strong in flavour.
‘A mild Italian cheese.’
Mild (a.) Gentle and not easily provoked.
‘She was implacable, despite her mild exterior.’
Mild (n.) [Mass noun] [British] 清淡黑啤酒 A kind of dark beer not strongly flavoured with hops.
‘They still brew a delicious dark mild which is one of my favourite drinks.’
‘‘It is very typically Manchester as it is a dark mild,’ he said.’
Compare: Salubrious
Salubrious (a.) （氣候、空氣）有益健康的；清爽的 Health-giving; healthy.
‘Odours of far less salubrious origin.’
Salubrious (a.) (Of a place) Pleasant; not run-down.
‘An over-priced flat in a none too salubrious area.’
Benedict (n.) United States anthropologist (1887-1948) [syn: {Benedict}, {Ruth Benedict}, {Ruth Fulton}].
Benedict (n.) Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) [syn: {Benedict}, {Saint Benedict}, {St. Benedict}].
Benedict (n.) A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) [syn: {benedick}, {benedict}].
Benedict, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 278
Housing Units (2000): 102
Land area (2000): 0.189711 sq. miles (0.491349 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.189711 sq. miles (0.491349 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04195
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.006177 N, 97.606689 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68316
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Benedict, NE
Benedict
Benedict, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 53
Housing Units (2000): 27
Land area (2000): 0.251510 sq. miles (0.651407 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.251510 sq. miles (0.651407 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05980
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.830522 N, 101.082700 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58716
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Benedict, ND
Benedict
Benedict, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 103
Housing Units (2000): 52
Land area (2000): 0.146975 sq. miles (0.380664 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.146975 sq. miles (0.380664 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06000
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.627014 N, 95.743500 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66714
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Benedict, KS
Benedict
Benedictine (a.) 聖本篤修會的 Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
Benedictine (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) 聖本篤修會修士 One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846.
Note: The Benedictines wear black clothing, and are sometimes called Black Monks. The name Black Fr????rs which belongs to the Dominicans, is also sometimes applied to the Benedictines.
Benedictine (a.) Of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works.
Benedictine (a.) Of or relating to the Benedictines.
Benedictine (n.) A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict.
Benedictine (n.) A French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks.
Benediction (n.) [U] [C] 祝福；祝願；（禮拜結束時的）賜福祈禱； （大寫）（羅馬天主教）祈求上帝賜福的儀式 The act of blessing.
Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness.
So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus Followed with benediction. -- Milton.
Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. -- Longfellow.
Specifically: The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.
Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction.
Benediction (n.) (Eccl.) The form of instituting an abbot, answering to the consecration of a bishop. -- Ayliffe.
Benediction (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.
Benediction (n.) The act of praying for divine protection [syn: blessing, benediction].
Benediction (n.) A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection [syn: benediction, blessing].
Benediction (n.) [ C ] 向上帝祈福 A prayer asking God for help and protection for someone.
Benedictional (n.) A book of benedictions.
Benedictional (a.) 使人幸福的 Of or relating to benediction.
// The benedictional attitude of the child. -- Herbert Read
Benedictionary (n.) (pl. Benedictionaries) A collected series of benedictions.
The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. -- G. Gurton's Needle.
Benedictive (a.) 賜福的；祈求式的 Tending to bless. -- Gauden.
Benedictive (a.) Expressing benediction [syn: {benedictory}, {benedictive}].
Benedictory (a.) 祝福的，感謝的 Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. -- Thackeray.
Benedictory (a.) Expressing benediction [syn: {benedictory}, {benedictive}].
Benedictus (a.) 天主教彌撒中所用之簡短讚美詩或樂曲（因起首詞為Benedictus而得名） The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Benedight (a.) Blessed. [R.] -- Longfellow.
Benefaction (n.) 善行，恩惠，施捨 The act of conferring a benefit. -- Johnson.
Benefaction (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
Syn: Gift; present; gratuity; boon; alms.
Benefaction (n.) A contribution of money or assistance.
Benefaction (n.) An act intending or showing kindness and good will [syn: {benevolence}, {benefaction}].
Benefactor (n.) [L.] 恩人，捐助者，贈送者 One who confers a benefit or benefits. -- Bacon.
Benefactor (n.) A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) [syn: {benefactor}, {helper}].
Benefactor (n.) One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which is still within the means of all.
Benefactress (n.) 女施主，女恩人 A woman who confers a benefit.
His benefactress blushes at the deed. -- Cowper.
Benefactress (n.) A woman benefactor.
Benefic (a.) 有益的 Favorable; beneficent. -- Milton.
Benefic (a.) Exerting a favorable or beneficent influence; "a benefic star"; "a benefic force".
Benefice (n.) 僧侶之祿，聖俸；有俸聖職 A favor or benefit. [Obs.] -- Baxter.
Benefice (n.) (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.
Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the appellation of fief, and the term benefice became appropriated to church livings.
Benefice (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.
Beneficed (imp. & p. p.) of Benefice
Benefice (v. t.) To endow with a benefice.
Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
Benefice (n.) An endowed church office giving income to its holder [syn: benefice, ecclesiastical benefice].
Benefice (v.) Endow with a benefice.
Benefice (n.), Eccles. law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical preferment or dignity; but in its more limited sense, it is applied only to rectories and vicarages.
Beneficed (a.) 享有聖俸的 Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. "Beneficed clergymen." -- Burke.
Compare: Clergyman
Clergyman (n.) (pl. Clergymen) 神職人員，牧師；教士 [C] A male priest, minister, or religious leader, especially a Christian one.
Beneficed (a.) 享有聖俸的 Having a benefice; "a beneficed clergyman" [ant: unbeneficed].
Beneficeless (a.) Having no benefice. "Beneficeless precisians." -- Sheldon.
Beneficence (n.) 慈善；善行 [U] [C]；饋贈，禮品 [C] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.
And
whose beneficence no charge exhausts. -- Cowper.
Syn: See Benevolence.
Beneficence (n.) Doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence].
Beneficence (n.) The quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: balefulness, maleficence, mischief].
Beneficent (a.) 行善的；慈善的；結善果的；有益的 Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.
The
beneficent fruits of Christianity. -- Prescott.
Syn: See Benevolent.
Beneficent (a.) Doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history" [ant: maleficent].
Beneficent (a.) Generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic].
Beneficential (a.) (Not comparable) Relating to beneficence.
Beneficently (adv.) 仁慈地；仁愛地 In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
Beneficial (a.) 有益的；有利的；有幫助的 [（+for/ to）]；【律】有權益的；受益的 Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
The war which would have been most beneficial to us. -- Swift.
Beneficial (a.) (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. -- Kent.
Beneficial
(a.)
King. [Obs.] "A beneficial foe." --B. Jonson.
Syn: See Advantage.
Beneficial (a.) Promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her" [syn: beneficial, good].
Beneficially (adv.) 獲利地；受益地；有益地 In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
Beneficially (adv.) In a beneficial manner; "this medicine will act beneficially on you".
Beneficialness (n.) The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
Compare: Profitableness
Profitableness (n.) 有益；有利 The quality or condition of being beneficial or advantageous; usefulness, value.
Profitableness (n.) The quality or condition of being financially profitable; lucrativeness.
Beneficiary (a.) 受聖俸的；擁有封地的 Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. -- Bacon.
Beneficiary (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
Beneficiaries (n. pl. ) of Beneficiary
Beneficiary (n.) 受益人，受惠者；受俸牧師，受俸聖職人員 A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. -- Ayliffe.
Beneficiary (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.
The
rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity
whose beneficiaries they are. -- Jer. Taylor.
Beneficiary (a.) Having or
arising from a benefice; "a beneficiary baron".
Beneficiary (n.) The recipient of funds or other benefits [syn: beneficiary, donee].
Beneficiary (n.) The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: benefactive role, beneficiary].
Beneficiate (v. t.) (Mining) 選（礦），（冶煉前） 對（礦石） 進行預處理 To reduce (ores). -- Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion, n.
Beneficiate (v.) Process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction.
Beneficient (a.) 行善的；慈善的 Beneficent. [Obs.]
Benefit (n.) 利益，好處, 優勢, （雇主為員工提供的）福利政策（如醫療保險、人壽保險、病假補助方案等）… An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. -- Ps. ciii. 2.
Benefit (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. -- Burke.
Benefit (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
Benefit (n.) Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.]
Benefit (n.) pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. [R.]
"The benefits of your own country." -- Shak.
Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy.
Syn: Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage.
Benefited (imp. & p. p.) of Benefit
Benefitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benefit
Benefit (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. -- Jer. xviii. 10.
Benefit (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
Benefit (n.) Financial assistance in time of need.
Benefit (n.) Something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all" [syn: benefit, welfare].
Benefit (n.) A performance to raise money for a charitable cause
Benefit (v.) Derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit].
Benefit (v.) Be beneficial for; "This will do you good" [syn: benefit, do good]
Benefit, () This word is used in the same sense as gain (q. v.) and profits. (q. v.) 20 Toull. n. 199.
Benefiter (n.) One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.
Beneme (v. t.) To deprive (of), or take away (from). [Obs.]
Bename (v. t.) [p. p. Benamed, Benempt.] To promise; to name. [Obs.]
Benempt (p. p.) Promised; vowed. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Benempt (p. p.) Named; styled. [Archaic] -- Sir W. Scott.
Bene placito () At or during pleasure.
For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. -- F. Harrison.
Bene placito () (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.
Benetted (imp. & p. p.) of Benet
Benet (v. t.) 誘……入圈套；陷……於陷阱；誘惑 To catch in a net; to insnare. -- Shak.
Benet (n.) United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943) [syn: Benet, Stephen Vincent Benet].
Benet (n.) United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950) [syn: Benet, William Rose Benet].
Benevolence (n.) 仁慈，善心，善意 [U]；善舉，恩惠；捐贈 [U]；【史】恩稅（舊時英王向民間徵收的一種稅金） The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. -- Chalmers.
Benevolence (n.) An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
Benevolence (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
Syn: {Benevolence}, {Beneficence}, {Munificence}.
Usage: Benevolence marks a disposition made up of a choice and desire for the happiness of others. Beneficence marks the working of this disposition in dispensing good on a somewhat broad scale. Munificence shows the same disposition, but acting on a still broader scale, in conferring gifts and favors. These are not necessarily confined to objects of immediate utility. One may show his munificence in presents of pictures or jewelry, but this would not be beneficence. Benevolence of heart; beneficence of life; munificence in the encouragement of letters.
Benevolence (n.) Disposition to do good [ant: {malevolence}, {malignity}]
Benevolence (n.) An inclination to do kind or charitable acts
Benevolence (n.) An act intending or showing kindness and good will [syn: {benevolence}, {benefaction}].
Benevolence, () Duty. The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be enforced by law. A good wan is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel him to be so.
Benevolence, () English law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
Benevolent (a.) 仁慈的，厚道的，有愛心的；親切的，善意的；行善的，慈善的 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. -- {Be*nev"o*lent*ly}, adv.
Syn:
Benevolent, Beneficent.
Usage: Etymologically considered, benevolent implies wishing well to others,
and beneficent, doing well. But by degrees the word benevolent has been widened
to include not only feelings, but actions; thus, we speak of benevolent
operations, benevolent labors for the public good, benevolent societies. In
like manner, beneficent is now often applied to feelings; thus, we speak of the
beneficent intentions of a donor. This extension of the terms enables us to
mark nicer shades of meaning. Thus, the phrase "benevolent labors"
turns attention to the source of these labors, viz., benevolent feeling; while
beneficent would simply mark them as productive of good. So, "beneficent
intentions" point to the feelings of the donor as bent upon some specific
good act; while "benevolent intentions" would only denote a general
wish and design to do good.
Benevolent (a.) Intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society".
Benevolent (a.) Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" [syn: {charitable}, {benevolent}, {kindly}, {sympathetic}, {good-hearted}, {openhearted}, {large-hearted}].
Benevolent (a.) Generous in providing aid to others [syn: {benevolent}, {freehearted}].
Benevolent (a.) Generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: {beneficent}, {benevolent}, {eleemosynary}, {philanthropic}].
Benevolous (a.) 仁慈的，厚道的，有愛心的；親切的，善意的 Kind; benevolent. [Obs.] -- T. Puller.
Bengal (n.) 孟加拉 A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.
Bengal (n.) A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal.
Bengal (n.) Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes.
Bengal light, A firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
Bengal stripes, A kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.
Bengal tiger. (Zool.). See Tiger. Bengalee
Bengal (n.) A region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India.
Bengalee (n.) Alt. of Bengali
Bengali (n.) The language spoken in Bengal.
Bengalese (a.) 孟加拉的；孟加拉人的；孟加拉語的 Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.
Bengalese (n. sing. & pl.) 孟加拉人 A native or natives of Bengal.
Bengola (n.) A Bengal light.
Benighted (imp. & p. p.) of Benight
Benight (v. t.) 使陷入黑暗；使盲；使愚昧, 使無知 To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic].
The clouds benight the sky. -- Garth.
Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. -- Milton.
Benight (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? -- Heber.
Benight (v.) Overtake with darkness or night.
Benight (v.) Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area".
Benight (v.) Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight [syn: benight, bedim].
Benighted (a.) 陷入黑暗的；愚昧的 Overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home" [syn: benighted, nighted].
Benighted (a.) Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark].
Benighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benight.