Beneficed vs Benefited - What's the difference?
beneficed | benefited |
(benefice)
(Christianity) Having a benefice
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, passage=Sir Wycherly was not a hard'' drinker, like Dutton; but he was a ''fair drinker, like Mr. Rotherham, and most of the beneficed clergy of that day. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1903, author=Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe, title=An English Garner, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I shall now look on them as beneficed , and consider their preaching. }}
(benefit)
An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit , Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
To be or to provide a benefit to.
* Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
As verbs the difference between beneficed and benefited
is that beneficed is past tense of benefice while benefited is past tense of benefit.As an adjective beneficed
is having a benefice.beneficed
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(head)Adjective
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benefited
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Alternative forms
* benefittedVerb
(head)benefit
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* beneficial * benefiterSynonyms
* (advantage, help ): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help * (payment ): subsidyAntonyms
* (advantage, help ): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detrimentSee also
* lagniappeVerb
- I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.