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be·queath

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to dispose of (personal property, esp. money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.

2.	to hand down; pass on.

3.	Obsolete. to commit; entrust.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bequethen, OE becwethan (be- be- + cwethan to say (see quoth), c. OHG quedan, Goth qithan)

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—Related forms

be·queath·a·ble, adjective

be·queath·al, be·queath·ment, noun

be·queath·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. will, impart, leave, bestow, grant, consign.

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be·queath Audio Help (bĭ-kwēth', -kwēth') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. be·queathed, be·queath·ing, be·queaths

Law To leave or give (personal property) by will.
To pass (something) on to another; hand down: bequeathed to their children a respect for hard work.

[Middle English biquethen, from Old English becwethan : be-, be- + cwethan, to say; see g^wet- in Indo-European roots.]

be·queath'al, be·queath'ment n., be·queath'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bequeath

O.E. becweðan, from cweðan "to say," from P.Gmc. *kwethanan. Original sense of "say, utter" died out 13c., leaving legal sense of "transfer by will." Closely related to noun bequest (c.1300), from be- + O.E. *cwis, *cwiss "saying," with excrescent -t. "An old word kept alive in wills" [OED 1st ed.].

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bequeath
verb
leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [ant: disinherit]

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bequeath [biˈkwiːð] verb

to leave (personal belongings) by will
Example: She bequeathed her art collection to the town.

Arabic:	يوصِي، يورِثُ
Chinese (Simplified):	遗赠
Chinese (Traditional):	遺贈
Czech:	odkázat, zanechat
Danish:	testamentere
Dutch:	legateren
Estonian:	testamendiga pärandama
Finnish:	testamentata
French:	léguer
German:	vererben
Greek:	κληροδοτώ
Hungarian:	hagyományoz
Icelandic:	ánafna í erfðaskrá
Indonesian:	menghibahkan, mewariskan
Italian:	lasciare in eredità*

Japanese:	遺言で贈る
Korean:	유증하다
Latvian:	novēlēt (ar testamentu)
Lithuanian:	palikti testamentu
Norwegian:	testamentere
Polish:	zapisać w testamencie
Portuguese (Brazil):	legar
Portuguese (Portugal):	legar
Romanian:	a lăsa prin testament
Russian:	завещать
Slovak:	odkázať
Slovenian:	zapustiti (v oporoki)
Spanish:	legar, ceder
Swedish:	testamentera
Turkish:	miras bırakmak, (vasiyet ile) bırakmak

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: be·queath
Pronunciation: bi-'kwEth, -'kwEth
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Old English becwethan to speak to, address, leave by will, from be- to, about + cwethan to say
: to give by will —used esp. of personal property but sometimes of real property; —see also LEGACY, LEGATEE —compare DEVISE

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Bequeath

Be*queath"\ (b[-e]*kw[=e][th]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bequeathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bequeathing.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See Quoth.]

1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.

My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. --Shak.

2. To hand down; to transmit.

To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. --Glanvill.

3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]

To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. --Shak.

Syn: To Bequeath, Devise.

Usage: Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.

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