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- adjective obsolete Beneficent.
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- adjective obsolete
Beneficent .
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Examples
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Reuben B. Robertson, who is a Yale graduate, was on the board and two of Thompson's sons were on the board and during those days, it represented, I would say, a kind of beneficient paternalistic enterprise.
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There is only one fact in this entire conflict: No matter how beneficient Israel may be, it can not be accepted simply for its Jewishness.
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That at least would be interpreting the gift in the most beneficient way.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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Because it can be injurious, it is not designed (as Behe said, Darwin skipped the 'not beneficient' or 'not omnipotent' choices).
Behe 2009
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That at least would be interpreting the gift in the most beneficient way.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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In the name of Allah the merciful and the beneficient.
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That at least would be interpreting the gift in the most beneficient way.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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That at least would be interpreting the gift in the most beneficient way.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cross Memorials on Government Land 2010
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In the name of Allah the merciful and the beneficient.
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In the name of Allah the merciful and the beneficient.
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