be·nef·ic

[buh-nef-ik]
adjective
doing or promoting some good; beneficent: a benefic truce; a benefic confluence of planets.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin beneficus. See bene-, -fic

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benefic (bɪˈnɛfɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
a rare word for beneficent

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