bienfaire
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Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]bien + faire. Cf. also Latin benefacere.
Verb
[edit]bienfaire
- to do right; to act morally
- 1595, Simon Goulart, Les oeuvres morales et meslees de Senecque, page 6:
- le desir resolu de bienfaire
- the resolute desire to do right
Conjugation
[edit]- Forms other than the infinitive bienfaire, the present participle bienfaisant, and the past participle bienfait are either very rare or unattested.