01 a. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
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Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.“The war which would have been most beneficial to us.” — Swift.
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Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate.(Law)
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King.[Obs.]
Syn.
See Advantage.