/bi kwest"/ , n.
1. a disposition in a will.
2. a legacy: A small bequest allowed her to live independently.
[ 1250-1300; ME biqueste, biquyste, equiv. to bi- BE- + quiste will, bequest, OE -cwis ( se ) (with excrescent t, as in BEHEST), n. deriv. of cwethan to say; on the model of bequethen BEQUEATH ]