BEQUEATH


Meaning of BEQUEATH in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

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

He ~ed all his silver to his children.

= leave

VERB: V n to n

2.

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

He ~s his successor an economy that is doing quite well...

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

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

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