benet
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bɪˈnɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
[edit]benet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)
- (transitive) To catch in a net; ensnare.
- (transitive) To surround as by a net.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Being thus benetted round with villains
Etymology 2
[edit]From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɛnət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛnət
Noun
[edit]benet (plural benets)
- An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.
Danish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]benet
Inflection
[edit]positive | comparative | superlative | |
---|---|---|---|
indefinite common singular | benet | — | —2 |
indefinite neuter singular | benet | — | —2 |
plural | benede | — | —2 |
definite attributive1 | benede | — | — |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Noun
[edit]benet n
Verb
[edit]benet
- past participle of bene
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]benet n
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]benet
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