beˈnefical,a. ? Obs. [f.prec. + -al1.] =prec. 1647Lilly Chr.Astrol. clv. 643 Some very beneficall prohibition of the Fortunes intervenes.1652Gaule Magastrom. 92 Whether all such astronomicall demonstrations..be any reall proofes of beneficall and maleficall influences.