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Meanings of benignant in English

Portuguese
benigno
Catalan
benigne

Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence.

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      Usage of benignant in English
      1
      Surely there must be some benignant angel at work in her behalf.
      Holiday Stories for Young People
      2
      The Quaker element gives an irresistible attraction to these benignant Philadelphia households.
      Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1...
      3
      Lemon-coloured kid gloves protected his oak-tough hands from the benignant May sunshine.
      Heart of the West
      4
      I turned to my servant, and with a benignant air addressed him:
      Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
      5
      Pablo wiped away with a saddle-colored paw a benignant and paternal smile.
      The Pride of Palomar
      6
      And as to Jaquetta, she was born under a more benignant star.
      Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
      7
      Her tone-washowever no longer benignant, and her directions were extremely peremptory.
      History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
      8
      As His disciple I adopt His pure, His merciful, His benignant doctrines.
      Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
      9
      Patriarchalism has a benignant sound-itis better than something that is worse!
      A Short History of Russia
      10
      Pronounce: dissuading; feuds; wounds; chalcedony; plaiting; bade; spacious; benignant; mystic; imperious.
      The Elson Readers, Book 5
      11
      His hopes were high, his benignant star was once more in the ascendant.
      The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
      12
      General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.
      Catch-22
      13
      His eyes were set widely apart and were benignant and kind in expression.
      Abroad with the Jimmies
      14
      There was a light as of heaven in those benignant eyes.
      London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
      15
      Her path had fallen in pleasant places, and only benignant spirits attended her.
      A Hoosier Chronicle
      16
      At last Judge Blount looked across the table with benignant and fatherly pity.
      Martin Eden
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      Portuguese
      benigno
      Catalan
      benigne
      Benignant through the time
      Benignant across language varieties
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