(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to. / (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

A dictatorship in which the leader has power only because the people choose to allow them to remain and puts the interests of the people first. This necessitates a wise use of power and generally prevents abuses since the benevolent dictator loses power if they are unsuitable.

A dictator who has power because the people allow it, and who might be peaceably removed from office by the will of the people.

One who, or that which, bends. / A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle. / (slang) A bout of heavy drinking. / (chiefly UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

(obsolete, British slang) Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard. / (obsolete, British slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

(now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.

Alternative form of benne (“sesame”)

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good.

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue.

benzene / any flammable petroleum distillate used as a solvent or fuel