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BENEFITED
Verb
benefited
simple past tense and past participle of benefit
Usage notes
• Of English verbs with stems ending in -fit, only those derived from fit have the standard present participle and past spelled with double "t". Verbs otherwise derived, like benefit, profit, and discomfit have present participle and past spelled with a single "t". More than 10% of the occurrences of these forms are spelled with a double "tt" in edited works in the US, fewer in the UK. Dictionaries do not recognize the double-"t" spelling, despite its persistence for at least 200 years in the US.
Source: Wiktionary
BENEFIT
Ben"e*fit, n. Etym: [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F. bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) + factum, p. p. of facere to do. See Bounty, and Fact.]
1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.
2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit. Men have no right to what is not for their benefit. Burke.
3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).
5. pl.
Definition: Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] "The benefits of your own country." Shak. Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy.
Syn.
– Profit; service; use; avail. See Advantage.
Ben"e*fit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benefited; p. pr. & vb. n. Benefitting.]
Definition: To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit. I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 10.
Ben"e*fit, v. i.
Definition: To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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