Webster's Dictionary 1913

1810

Bendable

Bend″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being bent.

1811

Bender

Bend″er (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, bends.2. An instrument used for bending.3. A drunken spree. Bartlett.4. A sixpence.

1812

Bending

Bend″ing, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. Chaucer.

1813

Bendlet

Bend″let (�), n. [Bend + -let: cf. E. bandlet.] (Her.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

1814

Bendwise

Bend″wise (�), adv.(Her.) Diagonally.

1815

Bendy

Ben″dy (�), a. [From Bend a band.] (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; — said of a shield or its charge. Cussans.

1816

Bene

Ben″e (�), n.(Bot.) See Benne.

1817

Bene (2)

Be″ne (�), n. [AS. bēn.] A prayer; boon.What is good for a bootless bene?Wordsworth.

1818

Bene (3)

{ ‖Bene, Ben } (�), n.(Zoöl.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).

1819

Bene placito

‖Be′ne plac″i‐to (bē′nē̍ plăs″ĭ‐tō̍; It. bā′nā̍ plä″chē̍‐tō̍). [It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.] 1. At or during pleasure.For our English judges ...

1820

Beneaped

Be‐neaped″ (�), a.(Naut.) See Neaped.

1821

Beneath

Be‐neath″ (�), prep. [OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether.] 1. Lower in place, with somethi...

1822

Beneath (2)

Be‐neath″ (�), adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath.The earth you take from beneath will be barren.Mortimer.2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position...

1823

Benedicite

‖Ben′e‐dic″i‐te (�), 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 fro...

1824

Benedicite (2)

‖Ben′e‐dic″i‐te, interj. [See Benedicite, n.] An exclamation corresponding to Bless you!.

1825

Benedict

{ Ben″e‐dict (�), Ben″e‐dick (�), } n. [From Benedick, one of the characters in Shakespeare's play of “Much Ado about Nothing.”] A married man, or a man newly married.

1826

Benedict (2)

Ben″e‐dict, a. [L. benedictus, p. p. of benedicere to bless. See Benison, and cf. Bennet.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. Bacon.

1827

Benedictine

Ben′e‐dic″tine (�), a. Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

1828

Benedictine (2)

Ben′e‐dic″tine, n.(Eccl. Hist.) 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 1...

1829

Benediction

Ben′e‐dic″tion (�), n. [L. benedictio: cf. F. bénédiction. See Benison.] 1. The act of blessing.2. A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any ...

1830

Benedictional

Ben′e‐dic″tion‐al (�), n. A book of benedictions.

1831

Benedictionary

Ben′e‐dic″tion‐a‐ry (�), n. A collected series of benedictions.The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold.G. Gurton's Needle.

1832

Benedictive

Ben′e‐dic″tive (�), a. Tending to bless. Gauden.

1833

Benedictory

Ben′e‐dic″to‐ry (�), a. Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

1834

Benedictus

‖Ben′e‐dic″tus (�), n. [L., blessed. See Benedict, a.] The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); — so named from the first word of the Latin version.

1835

Benedight

Ben″e‐dight (�), a. Blessed. Longfellow.

1836

Benefaction

Ben′e‐fac″tion (�), n. [L. benefactio, fr. benefacere to do good to one; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.] 1. The act of conferring a benefit. Johnson.2. A benefit conferr...