- 3. (Med.) Mild, of a mild nature.
Benignant, a. Kind. See benign.
Benignity, n.
- 1. Kindness, graciousness, benevolence, complaisance, humanity, amiability, gentleness, amenity, friendliness,
kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good-humor, good temper, obliging manner.
- 2. (Rare.) Mildness.
Benison, n. Blessing. See benediction.
Benne, n. Sesame, oil-plant, tilseed, vangloe, bene.
Bent, n.
- 1. Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, penchant, learning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition,
predilection, partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency.
- 2. Bent-grass, wiry grass, agrostis.
- 3. Dried reed, stalk.
- 4. Wild land, hill, moor, wild.
Bent, a. Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, flexed, deflected, aduncous, arcuate, incurvate.
Bent on. Resolved, determined, fixed, or set on.
Benumb, v. a. Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible.
Benzoin, Benzoine, n. Gumbenjamin, benjamin, friar’s balsam.
Benzole, n. Benzolin (e), benzine, benzene.
Be of opinion. Think, believe, conclude, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, apprehend, deem, ween, opine, hold, methinks, entertain the idea, take it.
Be on the carpet. Be under consideration, be upon the tapis.
Bepraise, v. a. Puff, overpraise. See belaud.
Bequeath, v. a.
- 1. Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will.
- 2. Transmit, hand down, impart.