beneficialadj.n.

/bɛnɪˈfɪʃəl/

Forms: Also 1500s benyfycyal(l, bunfycyal, beneficiall.

Etymology: < French bénéficial, < Latin beneficiāl-em , < beneficium : see -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

†1. = beneficent adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]

mildeOE

blitheOE

goodOE

well-willingOE

beina1200

goodfulc1275

blithefula1300

faira1300

benignc1320

gainc1330

sweetc1330

kinda1333

propicec1350

well-willeda1382

well-disposeda1393

well-hearteda1393

well-willinga1393

friendsomea1400

well-willya1400

charitablec1405

well-willed1417

good-heartedc1425

kindlyc1425

honeyed1435

propitious1440

affectuousc1441

willya1449

homelyc1450

benevolous1470

benigned1470

benevolent1482

favourousc1485

well-meaned1488

well-meaning1498

humanec1500

favourablec1503

affectionatea1516

well-mindedc1522

beneficial1526

propiciant1531

benignate1533

well-intendeda1535

beneficious1535

kind-hearted1535

well-given1535

affectioned1539

well-wishing1548

figgy?1549

good-meaning1549

affectedc1553

affectionated1561

well-natured1561

well-affected?1563

officious1565

well-inclined1569

good-natured1582

partial1587

graceful?1593

well-intentioned1598

beneficent1616

candid1633

kindlike1637

benefic1641

kindly-hearted1762

well-meant1765

benignanta1782

sweet-hearted1850

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRi Whome..thou hast founde moste..redy helper, and moste beneficiall lorde.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oiii Other to whome they haue bene beneficiall, they call theire frendes.

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 301 You are so liberall and beneficiall.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. ii. 3 We ought to be beneficial to our neighbours.

a. Of benefit; advantageous, serviceable, profitable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective]

fremefulc1000

i-duȝea1250

hendyc1275

begetela1325

profitablea1325

speedful1340

worth1340

speedyc1380

behoveful1382

fructuousc1386

fruitfulc1386

vailable1390

availantc1420

availingc1420

commodious1420

commodous?1440

available1474

behovablea1475

advantageousc1485

profitly1485

beneficiala1513

advantageable1548

sanative1548

gainful1555

vantageable1570

vantageous?1572

gainy1573

comfortable1576

conducent1578

advantageous1591

bootful1594

availful1598

conducible?1611

commoditous1621

conducing1624

conduceful1635

proficuousa1642

proficaciousa1660

beneficenta1676

conducive1710

benefactory1744

benignant1791

sanatorya1832

beneficiary1836

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxiiii To deuyse suche thynges as might be benyfycyall for the Cytie.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ii. 50 Not that any thing is made to be beneficiall vnto him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. ii. 7 Besides these beneficiall newes, it is the celebration of his Nuptialls.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 76 He was so entirely devoted to what would be Beneficial to the King.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 346 Diluents with nitrous Salts are beneficial.

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. 83 No measures could have been more beneficial to the kingdom at large.

†b. Profitable in a pecuniary sense, lucrative.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable

winning1435

lucrous1511

beneficial1526

lucrative1526

gainful1561

profitful1568

gainsome1579

profiting1590

requiteful1607

pennisome1631

lucriferous1648

opulent1648

emolumental1664

quick1681

well-metalleda1734

pay-rent1742

profitable1758

emolumentary1775

remunerative1813

economical1815

repaying1820

well-paying1832

benefited1837

paying1841

payable1855

money-making1887

economic1899

bankable1927

megadollar1963

money-spinning1973

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xix. 19 Not a litell beneficiall vnto the craftes men.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 48 Officers, that make use of their authority to monopolise all beneficiall places and good bargaines.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. iii. 107 Finding me a beneficial customer.

3. Law.

†a. Of or pertaining to a benefice; having a benefice, beneficed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > [adjective]

pensionarya1475

beneficial1592

society > faith > worship > benefice > [adjective] > holding

beneficedc1425

beneficial1592

incumbent1604

stalled1630

1592 Act Jas. VI (1814) 573 (Jam.) The occasion thairof is the directioun of lettrez of horning in beneficiall materis generallie.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 230 in Justice Vindicated Any person..not being beneficiall, or having any spirituall promotion.

a1859 Hallam in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) An engagement was tendered to all civil officers and beneficial clergy.

b. Of or pertaining to the usufruct of property; enjoying the usufruct.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal possession > [adjective] > with benefits but without title

bonitary1833

bonitarian1842

beneficial1844

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > right of temporary possession

usufructuary1710

beneficial1844

fructuary stipulation1875

1844 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Property (1877) 162 He is the beneficial owner of the property.

1863 J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I v. 168 Such a formal surrender as should secure..the lord's beneficial interest in them.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. ix. 87 The beneficial lessees of the various monastic corporations.

B. n.

? A letter presenting to a benefice; a presentation. (Johnson says ‘A benefice.’)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun]

vowson1297

advowsonc1300

advocationa1325

presentationa1325

presentmenta1325

collationc1380

patronage1395

advowryc1460

avowrya1475

advowsonage1528

voisom1538

advowsante1539

donation1540

advowsement1590

beneficial1591

collating1642

advowsance1655

advocacy1711

advocateship1753

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 486 How to a Benefice he might aspire. ‘Marie, there (said the Priest) is arte indeed..For that the ground-worke is, and end of all, How to obtain a Beneficiall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	beneficial
释义	beneficialadj.n. /bɛnɪˈfɪʃəl/ Forms: Also 1500s benyfycyal(l, bunfycyal, beneficiall. Etymology: < French bénéficial, < Latin beneficiāl-em , < beneficium : see -al suffix¹. A. adj. †1. = beneficent adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRi Whome..thou hast founde moste..redy helper, and moste beneficiall lorde. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Oiii Other to whome they haue bene beneficiall, they call theire frendes. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 301 You are so liberall and beneficiall. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. ii. 3 We ought to be beneficial to our neighbours. 2. a. Of benefit; advantageous, serviceable, profitable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] fremefulc1000 i-duȝea1250 hendyc1275 begetela1325 profitablea1325 speedful1340 worth1340 speedyc1380 behoveful1382 fructuousc1386 fruitfulc1386 vailable1390 availantc1420 availingc1420 commodious1420 commodous?1440 available1474 behovablea1475 advantageousc1485 profitly1485 beneficiala1513 advantageable1548 sanative1548 gainful1555 vantageable1570 vantageous?1572 gainy1573 comfortable1576 conducent1578 advantageous1591 bootful1594 availful1598 conducible?1611 commoditous1621 conducing1624 conduceful1635 proficuousa1642 proficaciousa1660 beneficenta1676 conducive1710 benefactory1744 benignant1791 sanatorya1832 beneficiary1836 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxiiii To deuyse suche thynges as might be benyfycyall for the Cytie. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ii. 50 Not that any thing is made to be beneficiall vnto him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. ii. 7 Besides these beneficiall newes, it is the celebration of his Nuptialls. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 76 He was so entirely devoted to what would be Beneficial to the King. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 346 Diluents with nitrous Salts are beneficial. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. 83 No measures could have been more beneficial to the kingdom at large. †b. Profitable in a pecuniary sense, lucrative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable winning1435 lucrous1511 beneficial1526 lucrative1526 gainful1561 profitful1568 gainsome1579 profiting1590 requiteful1607 pennisome1631 lucriferous1648 opulent1648 emolumental1664 quick1681 well-metalleda1734 pay-rent1742 profitable1758 emolumentary1775 remunerative1813 economical1815 repaying1820 well-paying1832 benefited1837 paying1841 payable1855 money-making1887 economic1899 bankable1927 megadollar1963 money-spinning1973 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xix. 19 Not a litell beneficiall vnto the craftes men. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 48 Officers, that make use of their authority to monopolise all beneficiall places and good bargaines. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. iii. 107 Finding me a beneficial customer. 3. Law. †a. Of or pertaining to a benefice; having a benefice, beneficed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > [adjective] pensionarya1475 beneficial1592 society > faith > worship > benefice > [adjective] > holding beneficedc1425 beneficial1592 incumbent1604 stalled1630 1592 Act Jas. VI (1814) 573 (Jam.) The occasion thairof is the directioun of lettrez of horning in beneficiall materis generallie. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 230 in Justice Vindicated Any person..not being beneficiall, or having any spirituall promotion. a1859 Hallam in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) An engagement was tendered to all civil officers and beneficial clergy. b. Of or pertaining to the usufruct of property; enjoying the usufruct. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > [adjective] > with benefits but without title bonitary1833 bonitarian1842 beneficial1844 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > right of temporary possession usufructuary1710 beneficial1844 fructuary stipulation1875 1844 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Property (1877) 162 He is the beneficial owner of the property. 1863 J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I v. 168 Such a formal surrender as should secure..the lord's beneficial interest in them. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. ix. 87 The beneficial lessees of the various monastic corporations. B. n. ? A letter presenting to a benefice; a presentation. (Johnson says ‘A benefice.’) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] vowson1297 advowsonc1300 advocationa1325 presentationa1325 presentmenta1325 collationc1380 patronage1395 advowryc1460 avowrya1475 advowsonage1528 voisom1538 advowsante1539 donation1540 advowsement1590 beneficial1591 collating1642 advowsance1655 advocacy1711 advocateship1753 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 486 How to a Benefice he might aspire. ‘Marie, there (said the Priest) is arte indeed..For that the ground-worke is, and end of all, How to obtain a Beneficiall. 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