Meaning

1 senses
  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).

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: benefactives
Singularbenefactive
Pluralbenefactives

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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