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Revision as of 01:18, 30 September 2019
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bequethen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), equivalent to be- + quethe. Cognate with West Frisian bekwathan.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɪˈkwiːθ/, /bɪˈkwiːð/
- Hyphenation: be‧queath
- Rhymes: -iːð or Rhymes: -iːθ
Verb
bequeath (third-person singular simple present bequeaths, present participle bequeathing, simple past bequeathed or (obsolete) bequoth, past participle bequeathed or (rare) bequethen)
- (law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- To hand down; to transmit.
- To give; to offer; to commit.
Usage notes
- (give or leave by will): The verb bequeath is usually used of personal property; for real property, the term devise is preferred.
Related terms
Translations
to give or leave by will
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to hand down; to transmit
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