"benefact" meaning in All languages combined

See benefact on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: benefacts [present, singular, third-person], benefacting [participle, present], benefacted [participle, past], benefacted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from benefactor. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|benefactor}} Back-formation from benefactor Head templates: {{en-verb}} benefact (third-person singular simple present benefacts, present participle benefacting, simple past and past participle benefacted)
  1. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward. Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-benefact-en-verb-xHKxGO91 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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