2. Named; styled. [Archaic] Sir W. Scott.
BENE PLACITO Be`ne plac"i*to. Etym: [It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.]
1. At or during pleasure. For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: At pleasure; ad libitum.
BENET
Be*net", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benetted.]
Defn: To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak.
BENEVOLENCE
Be*nev"o*lence, n. Etym: [OF. benevolence, L. benevolentia. See
Benevolent.]
1. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. Chalmers.
2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given.