benefactive

adj

Etymology

From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.

  1. borrowed from benefactus — “benefited

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary…

    Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of", "in behalf of", "on one's behalf", or similar.

    • Normally, the repeated benefactive suffix is not found after the telic form of the verbal stem
  2. A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the…

    A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA