benevolent Copy link Outline 1. bĕnĕfĭcus, comp. beneficentior, sup. beneficentissimus2. bĕnĕvŏlus3. bĕnignus, lībĕrālis • benevolent: 1. bĕnĕfĭcus, comp. beneficentior, sup. beneficentissimus: good-will is gained by a b. intention, even though the means should chance to be lacking, voluntate b. benevolentia movetur, etiam si res forte non suppetit, Cic. 2. bĕnĕvŏlus: comp. benevolentior, sup. benevolentissimus: i. e. well-disposed towards, kind: q. v. To express the wide sense of the Eng. word some adjunct is necessary: as, omnibus erga omnes benevolus, etc. 3. bĕnignus, lībĕrālis: v. generous.
BENEVOLENT Copy link • BENEVOLENTbenevolus (alicui), humanus, benignus, liberalis, beneficus. In a benevolent manner, benevole (not benevolentius, benevolentissime): benigne.