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verb (used with object)
1.
to dispose of (personal property, especially 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:
before 1000; Middle English bequethen, Old English becwethan (be- be- + cwethan to say (see quoth), cognate with Old High German quedan, Gothic qithan)
before 1000; Middle English bequethen, Old English becwethan (be- be- + cwethan to say (see quoth), cognate with Old High German quedan, Gothic qithan)
Related forms
be·queath·a·ble, adjective
be·queath·al, be·queath·ment, noun
be·queath·er, noun
un·be·queath·a·ble, adjective
un·be·queathed, adjective
Synonyms
1. will, impart, leave, bestow, grant, consign.
1. will, impart, leave, bestow, grant, consign.
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Word Origin & History
bequeath
O.E. becweðan "to say, speak to, exhort, blame," also "leave by will;" from be- + cweðan "to say," from P.Gmc. *kwethanan, from PIE *gwel-. Original sense of "say, utter" died out 13c., leaving legal sense of "transfer by will." Closely related to
EXPAND bequest. "An old word kept alive in wills" [OED 1st ed.]. O.E. bequeðere meant "interpreter, translator."
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