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bequeathed
[bih-kweetht, -kweethd]
adjective
(of personal property or money) disposed of by a person’s final will.
The college has received a bequeathed gift of $1 million from one of its alumni.
handed down or passed on.
The more conservative council members see traditional values as the bequeathed virtues of a preferred past.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of bequeath.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unbequeathed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bequeathed1
Example Sentences
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.
When Dolores finally learns Vera has bequeathed her the entire estate, instead of expressing wistful gratitude, she breaks into a rage: “B***h! That malicious, high-flown, harping b***h.”
As he did in 2017, Trump has been bequeathed a relatively stable economy, for now.
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