Sekirov Dictionary

benedict

verb 2
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 5

verb2

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To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
- His pancakes were never just ordinary pancakes: they were airy creations mushroomed in sauce, or they were crepes suzette. Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted. — 1965
•
(rare) to bless.
- Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune. — 1979

adjective1

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(no longer used) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
- And it is not a small thing won in Physick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as strong purgers, as those that are not without some malignity. — 1622

noun1

(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.

forms

benedicted · benedicting · benedicts · more benedict · most benedict

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