BEQUEATH


Meaning of BEQUEATH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪkwi:ð ]

( bequeaths, bequeathing, bequeathed)

1.

If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die. ( FORMAL )

He bequeathed all his silver to his children.

= leave

VERB : V n to n

2.

If you bequeath an idea or system, you leave it for other people to use or develop. ( FORMAL )

He bequeaths his successor an economy that is doing quite well...

It is true that colonialism did not bequeath much to Africa.

VERB : V n n , V n to n , also V n

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