, speak
2. bene _fact_ ion, do
3. bene fact _or_, one who
4. bene _fic_ ent, do
5. bene fic _ial_, pertaining to
6. bene _fit_, do
7. bene _vol_ ent, will
8. beni _gn_, (genus) kind
9. beni gn _ant_, being
10. _nota_ bene, note

1. The _act of speaking well_ to or of; a blessing pronounced at the
close of divine service.

2. The _act of doing_ good; making a charitable donation.

4. _Doing_ or effecting _good_; performing acts of kindness.

5. _Pertaining to_ what _does good_, is useful or profitable.

6. A _good_ deed _done_; an act of kindness.

7. _Willing_ to _do good_; well-wishing; charitable.

8. _Good_ and _kind_ of heart; expressive of gentleness or kindness.
Literally, of a _good kind_.

9. _Being kind_ and gracious.

10. _Note well_; observe carefully; take notice. Usually abbreviated
to N. B.

#circum# = around.

1. circum _fer_ ence, carry
2. circum _flex_, bend
3. circum _locut_ ion, speak
4. circum _navig_ ate, sail
5. circum _scribe_, write, draw
6. circum _spect_, look
7. circum _sta_ nce, stand
8. circum _vent_, come.

1. Think the _circumference_ in the process of making; _carry_ the
crayon _around_ the circle to produce the _circumference_.

2. A _bending around_; a wave or bend of the voice embracing both a
rise and a fall on the same syllable.

3. The _act of speaking_ in a _round_ about way; particularly a
studied indirectness or evasiveness of speech.

4. The _act of sailing around_; especially the earth or globe.

5. To _draw_ a bounding line _round_; hence to mark out the limits of.

6. _Looking around_ on all sides; examining carefully.

7. That which attends or relates to (_stands around_, as it were,) an
event, a person or a thing.

8. To _circumvent_ one in any enterprise is to _come around_ in an
unexpected way for the purpose of gaining an advantage.

#contra, (contro, counter)# = against

1. contra _dict_, speak
2. contra _vene_, come
3. contra _st_, stand
4. counter _act_, do
5. counter _balance_, scales
6. contro _versy_, turn

1. To _speak against_; to assert the opposite of.

2. To _come against_; to oppose.

3. To _stand against_; to set in opposition to, as two or more objects
of a like kind with a view to showing their difference.

4. To act _against_; to _do_ what hinders.

5. To _weigh against_ with equal weight; equal weight, power or
influence acting in opposition to.

6. A _turning against_; debate, contention.

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