"benefacture" meaning in All languages combined

See benefacture on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: benefactures [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin benefactūrus, future active participle of benefaciō (“to do good, to benefit”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|benefactūrus}} Borrowed from Latin benefactūrus, {{af|en|-ure|pos1=noun-forming suffix}} -ure (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} benefacture (countable and uncountable, plural benefactures)
  1. (obsolete) An act of doing good; benefaction, beneficence. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Inflected forms

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