English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Benign
(a.)
Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor,
etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
Benign
(a.)
Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
Benignancy
(n.)
Benignant quality; kindliness.
Benignant
(a.)
Kind; gracious; favorable.
Benignity
(n.)
The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness;
graciousness.
Benignity
(n.)
Mildness; gentleness.
Benignity
(n.)
Salubrity; wholesome quality.
Benignly
(adv.)
In a benign manner.
Benim
(v. t.)
To take away.
Benison
(n.)
Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
Benitier
(n.)
A holy-water stoup.
Benjamin
(n.)
See Benzoin.
Benjamin
(n.)
A kind of upper coat for men.
Benjamite
(n.)
A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
Benne
(n.)
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum),
originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil
is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the
southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
Bennet
(a.)
The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum);
herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the
hemlock, valerian, etc.
Benshee
(n.)
See Banshee.
Bent
(v.)
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bent
(n.)
A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
Bent
(v.)
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a
straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.