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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bih-nahyn
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈnaɪn

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Définition of benign

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French benigne (12c., "kind, benign, merciful, gracious;" Modern French bénin, fem. bénigne), from Latin benignus "kindly, kindhearted, friendly, generous," literally "well born," from bene "well" (see bene-) + gignere "to bear, beget," from genus "birth" (see genus). For similar sense evolution, cf. gentle, kind (adj.), generous. Related: Benignly.
  • adj kindly
  • adj mild, especially describing weather
  • adj advantageous
  • adj not cancerous
Example sentences :
  • Gentleness and mercy should blend their benign influences with justice.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • For a few moments she listened to them, feeling elderly and benign.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • So, from their benign choice, he had really nothing to say to Lydia or Anne.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • The expression of these benign features did not disgrace their symmetry.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • It turned the great rough figure to a spirit, great and tender and benign.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • Like the land elephants there was something about them terrible yet benign.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • Then it was that Money seemed to her what it really is, a god, beautiful and benign.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • "That is your modesty, my friend," said the Cabinet Minister with a benign smile.
  • Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
  • Now he had seen with his own eyes the benign attitude of his former enemy.
  • Extract from : « Bamboo Tales » by Ira L. Reeves
  • Miss Jones's morning face was as benign as her evening countenance had been.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various

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