to bequeath
24
8.9
- verb
- /bɪˈkwiːθ/
- Formal
:
legar
- She decided to bequeath her vintage car to her daughter after her passing.
- bequeathed her estate
- bequeath property
In other words, to bequeath titles like mayor of the palace to their sons.
- In other words, to bequeath titles like mayor of the palace to their sons.
- I will not bequeath a legacy of bitterness to my children about their father.
- When he passed away, he bequeathed a huge sum of money to Edinboro University in Scotland to do sigh research.
- And I would refer back to the idea of the gift, that your feelings for the person who bequeathed the collection are not the same as the collection itself.
Examples
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I also bequeath to you my personal effects, including my ceramic egg, half box of Cuban cigars...
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Free blacks could marry, inherit and bequeath property, buy and sell, sue and be sued.
Academic text (2008) -
I bequeath myself to the dirt To grow from the grass I love
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I, I, I'm say, look, I bequeath to my friend Greg all my shares of Apple.
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What's interesting is the assets that I'm buying now I can bequeath to my son.
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I will not bequeath a legacy of bitterness to my children about their father.
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So I bought a Yeoldi workbench a few years ago that I have bequeathed to a good friend of mine.
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When he passed away, he bequeathed a huge sum of money to Edinboro University in Scotland to do sigh research.
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At the end of her life, she bequeathed the castle to her daughter-in-law, Louise of Larraine.
Fiction book (1997) -
I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate, real, personal and mixed, onto Bernhardt Tiede the Second, outright and simple.
Synonyms
546
5.5
To give property or money to someone when you die
7
5.6
To give property to someone in a legal document after death
1
9.9
To give property to someone by a lease or will
Antonyms
How Much
- Formal
18
6.1
- Formal
24
8.9
457
2.7
883
2.7
31
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bequeath comes from an old English word where queath meant 'to say' or 'declare', because people used to name who should get their things by speaking it in a will. The related word bequest is what you leave behind, so to bequeath is to give property to someone by your will after you die.