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beneficent

adj
/bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt/UK/bəˈnɛ.fə.sənt/US

Etymology

From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence.

  1. borrowed from *beneficens✻

Definitions

  1. Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.

    • beneficent spirit
    • beneficent influence
    • beneficent ruler

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beneficent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at beneficent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at beneficent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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