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bequeath
[bih-kweeth, -kweeth]
verb (used with object)
to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will.
She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
Synonyms: , , , , ,to hand down; pass on.
Obsolete.to commit; entrust.
bequeath
/ bɪˈkwiːð, -ˈkwiːθ /
verb
law to dispose of (property, esp personal property) by will Compare devise
to hand down; pass on, as to following generations
Other 51Թ Forms
- bequeathable adjective
- bequeathal noun
- bequeathment noun
- bequeather noun
- unbequeathable adjective
- ˈܱٳ noun
- ˈܱٳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bequeath1
Example Sentences
“When you lose someone you love, they bequeath you something, a gift.”
The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.
“Hey, supervisor!” — as he strode past Town Hall to Imagination Park, a gift the city’s most famous resident, filmmaker George Lucas, bequeathed along with life-sized statues of Yoda and Indiana Jones.
The Mount Shasta Trail Assn., which was bequeathed hundreds of thousands of dollars from an anonymous donor who wanted to see access to the falls, tried for years to negotiate with the railroad, Harch said.
The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.
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