BEQUEATH


Meaning of BEQUEATH in English

v.tr. 1 leave (a personal estate) to a person by a will. 2 hand down to posterity. bequeathal n. bequeather n.

[ OE becwethan (as BE-, cwethan say: cf. QUOTH) ]

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