Bequeath
11bequeath — be|queath [bıˈkwi:ð, bıˈkwi:θ] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: becwethan, from cwethan to say ] 1.) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death = ↑leave bequeath sth to sb ▪ She bequeathed her collection of… …
12bequeath — be|queath [ bı kwið, bı kwiθ ] verb transitive FORMAL to give someone money or property after you die by making a legal document called a WILL: LEAVE: bequeath something to someone: She bequeathed her jewelry to her niece. bequeath someone… …
13bequeath — verb (T) 1 to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death: bequeath sth to sb: She bequeathed her collection of paintings to the National Gallery. | bequeath sb sth: His father bequeathed him a fortune. 2 to… …
14bequeath — verb Bequeath is used with these nouns as the object: ↑collection, ↑estate, ↑legacy …
15bequeath — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, add a codicil, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, cede, confer, consign, convey, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, devise, devolve upon, enfeoff, entail, exchange, execute a will, give, give title… …
16bequeath — [OE] Etymologically, what you bequeath is what you ‘say’ you will leave someone in your will. The word comes from Old English becwethan, a derivative of cwethan ‘say’, whose past tense cwæth gives us quoth (it is no relation to quote, by the way) …
17bequeath — verb I bequeath the northern campgrounds to the Yellow Birch Fishing Club Syn: leave to, leave in one s will to, hand on/down to, will to, make over to, pass on to, entrust to, grant to, transfer to; donate to, give to; endow on, bestow on,… …
18bequeath — /bakwiydV. To give personal property by will to another. It therefore is distinguishable from devise, which is properly used of realty. But if the context clearly shows the intention of the testator to use the word bequeath as synonymous with… …
19bequeath — /bakwiydV. To give personal property by will to another. It therefore is distinguishable from devise, which is properly used of realty. But if the context clearly shows the intention of the testator to use the word bequeath as synonymous with… …
20bequeath — A legacy, that is, a disposition of personal property by will. Hoellinger v Molzhon 77 ND 108, 41 NW 2d 217, 19 ALR2d 747; often considered to include either a legacy of personalty or a devise of real estate. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1400. To make a… …
