benefitBEN'EFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.] BEN'EFIT, v.t. To do good to; to advantage; to advance in health, or prosperity; applied either to persons or things; as, exercise benefits health; trade benefits a nation. BEN'EFIT, v.i. To gain advantage; to make improvement; as, he has benefited by good advice; that is, he has been benefited. |