Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

benefacture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bene-fac-ture
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"All theſe diſpoſitions are but incloſures; Give mee the open Champaine of a generall and illimited benefacture: Is he rich?"
"True it is he was full of pious and charitable good works and bublick Benefactures in his latter dayes."
"Since, it is no ſmall greif to think, how this once apprized Gem is now depreciated; a diſcouragement to any ſuch kind of Benefacture."
"A more sensible, well[-]intentioned benefacture could not have been devised, and it redounds all the more to the young man that in the will he considers himself to be only the almoner of his father, by whose business sagacity the handssome fortune was acquired."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin benefactūrus, future active participle of benefaciō (“to do good, to benefit”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

benefactures (plural)

Antonyms

malefacture

Questions

What does benefacture mean?: An act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence.
Where does benefacture come from?: Borrowed from Latin benefactūrus, future active participle of benefaciō (“to do good, to benefit”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

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