To do good deeds or acts of kindness; a rarely used form suggesting the performance of beneficial acts.
From Latin 'benefactum' (well-done deed), composed of 'bene' (well) and 'facere' (to do). This Latin root spawned the more common 'benefactor,' but 'benefact' as a verb is archaic and uncommon.
Latin 'bene' (well) appears in hundreds of English words—'benefit,' 'benevolent,' 'benediction'—giving us a whole vocabulary of goodness that literally means 'well-doing' at its heart.
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