Meanings
benet1
verbbenet (third-person singular simple present benets, present participle benetting, simple past and past participle benetted)
present singular third person benets · participle present benetting · participle past benetted · past benetted
- transitiveTo surround as by a net.
Being thus benetted round with villains
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]
benet2
nounbenet (plural benets)
plural benets
- An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.
Benet3
proper noun
- A surname.
Origin
benet · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
- Proto-Germanic*bi
- Proto-Germanic*bi-
- Proto-West Germanic*bi-
- Old Englishbe-
- Middle Englishbi-
- Englishbe-
- Proto-Germanic*natją
- Proto-West Germanic*nati
- Old Englishnett
- Middle Englishnet
- Englishnet
- Englishbenet
benet · noun
- Latinbenedictus“blessed”
- French[Term?]
- Englishbenet
From French [Term?], from Latin benedictus (“blessed”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with benet
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
benet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benet
MLA
“benet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benet.
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