2. Bight, coil.

Beneath, prep. 1. Under, underneath, below.

2. Unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of.

Beneath, ad. Below.

Benedict, n. Married man.

Benediction, n. Blessing, benison, invocation of happiness.

Benefaction, n. Gift, donation, gratuity, grant, offering, contribution, boon, present, alms, charity.

Benefice, n. Ecclesiastical living.

Beneficence, n. Charity, bounty, liberality, generosity, alms-giving, active goodness, kind action, doing of good.

Beneficient, a. Bountiful, munificent, liberal, generous, bounteous, princely, kind.

Beneficial, a. Useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, good, for one's advantage, for one's good, for one's interest.

Benefit, n. 1. Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind office.

2. Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof, account, interest.

Benefit, v. a. 1. Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful to, advance the interest of, confer a favor on.

2. Profit, advantage, avail, be of advantage to.

Benevolence, n. Kindness, benignity, kind-heartedness, humanity, tenderness, charitableness, good-will, disposition to do good, milk of human kindness.

Benevolent, a. Kind, benignant, benign, kind-hearted, obliging, humane, tender, charitable, disposed to do good.

Benighted, a. 1. Overtaken with night.

2. Involved in darkness.

Benign, a. 1. Kind, benevolent, gracious, complaisant, humane, obliging, benignant, good, amiable, friendly, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, of a gentle disposition.

2. (Med.) Mild, of a mild nature.

Benignant, a. Kind, benign.

Benignity, n. 1. Kindness, graciousness, benevolence, complaisance, humanity, amiability, amenity, friendliness, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper, obliging manner.

2. [Rare.] Mildness.

Benison, n. Blessing, benediction.

Benne, n. Sesame, oil-plant.

Bent, n. Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, penchant, leaning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, predilection, partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency.

Bent, a. Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, aduncous, arcuate, incurvate.

Benumb, v. a. Stupefy, paralyze, deaden, blunt, make torpid, render insensible.

Be of opinion, Think, believe, conclude, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, deem, wern, opine, hold, entertain the idea, take it.

Be on the carpet, Be under consideration, be upon the tapis.

Bequeath, v. a. Leave, demise, devise, will, give by will.

Bequest, n. Legacy, devise.

Berate, v. a. 1. Scold, chide, reprimand, rate.

2. Abuse, vilify, defame.

Bereave, v. a. Deprive (of something that cannot be restored), dispossess, divest, take away from.

Bereavement, n. Deprivation, loss (especially of friends by death).

Berth, n. (Naut.) 1. Ship's station.

2. Bed, place to sleep in.

3. Situation, office, post, employment, place.

Beseech, v. a. 1. Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition, conjure, adjure, pray to.

2. Solicit, ask, petition for, pray for, beg for.

Beseem, v. a. Become, bent, be proper for, be appropriate for, be meet for.

Be seized of, Possess, have possession of, be possessed of.

Be selfish, Indulge one's self, coddle one's self, consult one's own wishes, interest, or pleasure; take care of, or look after, number one; have an eye to the main chance.

Beset, v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, besiege, hem in.

2. Embarrass, perplex, entangle.

Beshrew, v. a. Execrate, wish evil to, implore a curse upon.

Beside, prep. 1. Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.

2. Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.