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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Behalf

Be·half′ (bē·häf′), n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See Be-, and Half, n.] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney.

Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. Clarendon.

In behalf of, in the interest of. — On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.