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bene-

Good; well.

Latin bene, well.

Bene‑ is present in a number of English words, but is not an active word-forming element. Examples include benefaction (Latin facere, do), a donation or gift; benediction (Latin dicere, say), the utterance or bestowing of a blessing; and benevolent (Latin velle, to wish), well meaning and kindly.

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