benigne

benigne (comparative more benigne, superlative most benigne)

1. Obsolete spelling of benign..
   • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse‎^[1]:

     And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]

   • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras‎^[2], London: Canto 3, page 107:

     The antient Heroes were illustrious
     For being benigne, and not blustrous,
     Against a vanquisht foe:

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benigne (not comparable)

1. (medicine) benign

   Synonym: goedaardig

   Antonym: maligne

Borrowed from Latin benignus.

• IPA^(key): [beˈnɪɡnə]
• Hyphenation: be‧ni‧gne

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benigne (strong nominative masculine singular benigner, not comparable)

1. benign

benigne (comparative plus benigne, superlative le plus benigne)

1. benign

• IPA^(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲe/
• Rhymes: -iɲɲe
• Hyphenation: be‧nì‧gne

benigne

1. feminine plural of benigno

From benignus (“benevolent”) +‎ -ē.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /beˈniɡ.neː/, [bɛˈnɪŋneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲe/, [beˈniɲːe]

benignē (comparative benignius, superlative benignissimē)

1. benignly, kindly, benevolently

   Synonym: benevolē

2. (as a response) thank you, you are very kind (in receiving); no, thank you (in declining)

• “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• benigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• beningne, benygne, benyng, benynge, benyngne

Borrowed from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus; compare maligne.

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈniːn(ə)/, /bɛˈni(n)ɡn(ə)/

benigne

1. kind, gentle, mild
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 8, recto, lines 482-484:

     his pariſſhens / deuoutly wolde he teche / Benygne he was / and wonder diligent / And in aduerſitee / ful pacient […]

     He would devoutly teach his parishioners; / he was gentle, truly diligent, / and so patient in adversity […]

2. friendly-looking
3. humane, fair (of laws or actions)

• benignely
• benignite

• English: benign
• Scots: bening (obsolete)

• “benīgne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.