benefit
/ˈbɛn.ɪˌfɪt/ verb B2- To be or to provide a benefit to.
- To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
He/she/it benefits · Past benefited · Past participle benefited · -ing form benefiting
Verb forms
- Base form
- benefit
- He/she/it
- benefits
- Past
- benefited
- Past participle
- benefited
- -ing form
- benefiting
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“I come to entreat you, sir,” continued Madame de Villefort, “as the only one who has the right of doing so, inasmuch as I am the only one who will receive no personal benefit from the transaction,—I come to entreat you to restore, not your love, for that she has always possessed, but to restore your fortune to your granddaughter.”
The Lion agreed to assist the Wild Ass with his strength, while the Wild Ass gave the Lion the benefit of his greater speed.
This sudden kindness at your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these unexpected favours to myself, you have some private ends to accomplish for your own benefit, and for my master’s injury.”
But I can’t think that you, who refuse me a little matter now, will by and by confer on me a greater benefit.”
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