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bene¹

  • /biːn/

Sounds like bean, been · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee.

noun benes · been · ben

  1. dialectal A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon. What is good for a bootless bene?

bene²

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of benne (“sesame”).benne

bene³

Where it comes from

UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.

adjective benar · benat · ben · bien

  1. UK, obsolete Good. Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?

noun benes · ben · bien

  1. UK, obsolete Tongue. Stowe your bene!

bene⁴

Where it comes from

Clipping of eggs benedict

noun benes · Bene · benny · Benny

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of eggs Benedict, an egg disheggs Benedict

bene⁵

verb

  1. misspelling Misspelling of been.been That would of^([sic]) bene a good idea...

Bene⁶

proper noun Benes

  1. A surname.

Bene⁷

Where it comes from

Clipping of eggs Benedict

noun Benes · bene · benny · Benny

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of eggs benedict, an egg disheggs benedict

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