Measured by what comes after.

ben·e·forth

/ˌbɛn.əˈfɔrθ/ (ben-uh-FORTH)

adverb

1 From this point on, and for the better; henceforth, with improvement implied.

The debt is cleared; beneforth we owe no one.

2 (as a sign-off or toast) May things go well from here.

verb (beneforths, beneforthing, beneforthed)

3 To carry a good received onward to another; to pay forward.

4 To draw out the good in something and set it moving forward.

noun (rare)

5 The good an action does downstream, beyond its immediate return.

The archive earns nothing, but its beneforth is enormous.

origin Latin bene ‘well’ + English forth, after henceforth; 2026. Arose by deliberate coinage rather than natural selection, though it is expected to survive.

The word

ben·e·forth

/ˌbɛn.əˈfɔrθ/ (ben-uh-FORTH)

adverb

1 From this point on, and for the better; henceforth, with improvement implied.

The debt is cleared; beneforth we owe no one. Darwin left the park beneforth: muddier, happier, and carrying a better stick than he arrived with.

2 (as a sign-off or toast) May things go well from here.

“Beneforth,” she said, and raised her glass.

verb (beneforths, beneforthing, beneforthed)

3 To carry a good received onward to another; to pay forward.

He beneforthed the scholarship by funding two more.

4 To draw out the good in something and set it moving forward.

Two volunteers beneforthed a vacant lot the city had written off.

noun (rare)

5 The good an action does downstream, beyond its immediate return.

The archive earns nothing, but its beneforth is enormous.

origin Latin bene ‘well’ + English forth, after henceforth; 2026. Arose by deliberate coinage rather than natural selection, though it is expected to survive.

opposite après moi, le déluge.

usage Compare benefit, a good you receive. To beneforth is to pass one on.