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bienfaire (s.xii1)
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bienfaire (s.xii1)

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p.pr. bienfesant  
  FEW:  facere 3,352a Gdf:  bienfaisant 1,646a GdfC:  bienfaisant 8,323a TL: ∅ DEAF:  faire (bienfaire)  / faire (bienfaisant)  DMF:  bienfaire  / bienfaisant  TLF:  bien-faire  / bienfaisant  OED:  beneficient a.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  benefacere 191b / benefactivus 192a

v.intrans.

bienfaire a
to do good to, treat well: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Bienfai, Sire, as bons e as dreiturers de cuer (Latin: Benefac, Domine, bonis et rectis corde)  Oxf Ps ANTS 122.124.4

p.pr. as s.

beneficent person: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Jesus regne es bienfesanz E li diables es peccheanz  Mirur3 5592

p.p. as a.

bien fait
well built, handsome: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Tristran est tant alinnez, Bels hom, ben fait, mult ensenez  Fol Trist ANTS 580

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See also:

bien  bienfaisour  bienfait  bienfaitor  faire1 
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