Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.

(now rare) Kind; gracious; favorable.

(chiefly literary) A blessing; benediction.

Kind; gentle; mild. / (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable / (in combination) Not harmful to the environment.

(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. / To darken; to shroud or obscure.

(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination. / (obsolete) Plunged into darkness.

simple past tense and past participle of benight

In a benign manner.

In a benignant manner.

In a benighted manner.