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bequeath Definition


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bequeath
verb bequeathed, bequeathing
    1. To leave (personal property) in a will.
      Thesaurus: give, grant, hand down, pass on, will, bestow, endow, entrust, impart, transmit.
    2. To pass on or give to posterity.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon becwethan in obsolete sense ‘to say or utter'.



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