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{{trans-top|to give or leave by will}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կտակել}} |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կտակել}} |
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* Belarusian: {{t|be|завяшча́ць|impf|pf}}, {{t|be|адпі́сваць|impf}}, {{t|be|адпіса́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|адка́зваць|impf}}, {{t|be|адказа́ць|pf}} |
* Belarusian: {{t|be|завяшча́ць|impf|pf}}, {{t|be|адпі́сваць|impf}}, {{t|be|адпіса́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|адка́зваць|impf}}, {{t|be|адказа́ць|pf}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|завеща́вам}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|завеща́вам}} |
Revision as of 22:58, 23 July 2023
English
Etymology
From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), equivalent to be- + quethe. Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: be‧queath
- Rhymes: -iːð, -iːθ
Verb
bequeath (third-person singular simple present bequeaths, present participle bequeathing, simple past bequeathed or (obsolete) bequoth, past participle bequeathed or (rare) bequethen or (obsolete) bequothen)
- (law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- To hand down; to transmit.
- 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
- Ownership of manufacturing workshops is not essential to that job; but BR happen to have been bequeathed a considerable number with a proud history.
- 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 (hence the phrase give, devise, and bequeath).
Related terms
Translations
to give or leave by will
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to hand down; to transmit
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to give; to offer; to commit
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