Webster's Dictionary 1828

1081

BENEVOLENCE

BENEV'OLENCE, noun [Latin benevolentia, of bene, well and volo, to will or wish. See Will.]1. The disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love, of manki...

1082

BENEVOLENT

BENEV'OLENT, adjective [Latin benevolens, of bene and volo.]Having a disposition to do good; possessing love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; ...

1083

BENEVOLENTLY

BENEV'OLENTLY, adverb In a kind manner; with good will.

1084

BENGAL

BENGAL', noun A thin stuff made of silk and hair, for women's apparel, so called from bengal in the E.Indies.

1085

BENGALEE

BENGALEE', noun The language or dialect spoken in Bengal.

1086

BENGALESE

BENGALE'SE, noun sing. and plural A native or the natives of Bengal. As.Res.7.171.

1087

BENIGHT

BENI'GHT, verb transitive [be and night.] To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night.The clouds benight the sky.1. To overtake with night; as a benighted travele...

1088

BENIGHTED

BENI'GHTED, participle passive Involved in darkness, physical or moral; overtaken by the night.

1089

BENIGN

BENI'GN, adjective beni'ne. [Latin benignus, from the same root, as bonus, bene, ancient Latin benus, Eng. boon.]1. Kind; of a kind disposition; gracious; favorable.Our Creator,...

1090

BENIGNANT

BENIG'NANT, adjective Kind; gracious; favorable.

1091

BENIGNITY

BENIG'NITY, noun Goodness of disposition or heart; kindness of nature; graciousness.1. Actual goodness; beneficence.2. Salubrity; wholesome quality; or that which tends to promo...

1092

BENIGNLY

BENI'GNLY, adverb beni'nely. Favorably;; kindly; graciously.

1093

BENISON

BEN'ISON, noun s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.]

1094

BENJAMIN

BEN'JAMIN, noun A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet, with a very branchy head.1. A gum or resin, or r...

1095

BENNET

BEN'NET, noun The herb bennet or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum.BEN'NETFISH, noun A fish of two feet in length, caught in the African seas, having scales of a d...

1096

BENT

BENT, participle passive Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued.

1097

BENTING-TIME

BENT'ING-TIME, noun The time when pigeons feed on bents, before peas are ripe.

1098

BENUM

BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', verb transitive1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold.2. To stupify; to render inactive; as, to benum the sen...

1099

BENUMMED

BENUM'MED, participle passive Rendered torpid; deprived of sensation; stupified.

1100

BENUMMING

BENUM'MING, participle present tense Depriving of sensation; stupifying.

1101

BENZOATE

BEN'ZOATE, noun [See Benzoin.] A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable base.

1102

BENZOIC

BENZO'IC, adjective Pertaining to benzoin.Benzoic acid, or flowers of Benzoin, is a peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from Benzoin and other balsams, by sublimation or decoction...

1103

BENZOIN

BENZOIN'BEN'JAMIN, noun Gum benjamin; a concrete resinous juice flowing from the Styrax benzoin a tree of Sumatra, etc. It is properly a balsam, as it yields benzoic acid. It fl...

1104

BEPAINT

BEPA'INT, verb transitive [be and paint.] To paint; to cover with paint. [Little used.]

1105

BEPALE

BEPA'LE, verb transitive [be and pale.] To make pale. [Not in use.]

1106

BEPINCH

BEPINCH', verb transitive [be and pinch.] To mark with pinches.

1107

BEPINCHED

BEPINCH'EDBEPINCHT', participle passive Marked with pinches.