benefit (1 ‘benefaction’ is post-S.; 2 is only S.)
1.
bestowal of property
or rights, benefaction 1H6 V. iv.
152,
R3 III. vii. 195
“This proferr'd of
dignity.”
2.
natural advantage or
gift
AYL. IV. i. 37
“disable all the
benefits of your own country,”
H8 I. ii. 115.
