benefic

[ buh-nef-ik ]

adjective

1. doing or promoting some good; beneficent:

   a benefic truce; a benefic confluence of planets.

benefic

/ bɪˈnɛfɪk /

adjective

1. See beneficent
   a rare word for beneficent

Word History and Origins

Origin of benefic¹

From the Latin word beneficus, dating back to 1590–1600. See bene-, -fic

Example Sentences

If a benefic (Jupiter or Venus) be therein, and free from evil aspects, the same effect will accrue.

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The oppositions are uniformly evil, whether the planet involved in the direction be a benefic or malefic.

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Next to Jupiter it is the most benefic of the planets in its action on mankind.

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But if the benefic in the 2nd should have good aspects from other planets, then there will be considerable wealth.

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He sought an intimacy with the benefic Jupiter, and found it—perhaps by a secret kowtowing to Sagittarius.

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