Meaning

(obsolete) A prayer; a petition..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.
2. (Scotland, Northern England) In, into.
3. (Scotland, Northern England) Inside.
4. Inner, interior.
5. (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
6. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
7. The winged seed of the ben tree.
8. The oil of the ben seed.

Example Sentences

And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.

Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.

A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.

In the Chronicles of the Stage, some curious particulars are given relating to Sir Henry Herbert and the well-known Sir William Davidson, by which we learn, amongst other things, that a “ben” or benefit at Drury Lane, two centuries ago, was worth a hundred pounds.

Word Forms

• bens
• bene
• benner
• benmost
• Ben
• bin
• benar
• benat

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When Should You Use Ben?

Use ben when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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