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benefactive en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of", "in behalf of", "on one's behalf", or similar.
   • Normally, the repeated benefactive suffix is not found after the telic form of the verbal stem 1935, Charles Voeglin, Tübatulabal Grammar, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, volume 34, page 111:

Antonyms

malefactive

Deriveds

autobenefactive · benefactive case

Relateds

benefactor · benefit · beneficent · beneficient

benefactive en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.

Meanings

1. A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).

Forms

Antonyms

malefactive