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bene

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/biːn/

Definition of bene

8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal)A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
    “What is good for a bootless bene?”
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noun

  1. (dialectal)A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
    “What is good for a bootless bene?”
  2. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of benne (“sesame”).
  3. (UK, obsolete)Tongue.
    “Stowe your bene!”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of eggs Benedict, an egg dish
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of eggs benedict, an egg dish

adj

  1. (UK, obsolete)Good.
    “Egad, you carry a bene blink aloft. Come to the ken alone—no! my blowen; did not I tell you I should bring a pater cove, to chop up the whiners for Dawson?”

verb

  1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of been.
    “That would of^([sic]) bene a good idea...”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee.

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