benefact

English

Etymology

Back-formation from benefactor.

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.
   • 1854, John Cumming, Sabbath Evening Readings on the New Testament, page 486:

     You must feel yourselves in the Christian economy on one great level , each benefacting the other , without assuming superiority one over the other.

Derived terms

• benefactee