legacy

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  1. noun Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
  2. noun Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See Synonyms at heritage.

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  • Kramme appreciates her contributions as a first baseman, but knows her legacy will be as a pitcher. —  Fremont Tribune News Articles
  • Founded on the principals of its founder, the late Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee Sr. (1894-1985) with Iowa farm boy roots, today his legacy is a multi-million dollar operation that for ... —  Cool Hunting
  • The most revealing example of President Bush's new found concern over his legacy is the White House's publication of a 41-page document entitled, "100 Things Americans May Not Know About The Bush Administration Record." —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Perhaps his legacy is the reminder that we need sound and fury in Singapore. —  TODAYonline
  • Bush has hinted that his legacy will be about the war. —  NYT > Opinion
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English legacie, office of a deputy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātus, past participle of lēgāre, to depute, bequeath; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie (found only in sense of ‘legateship’) = Spanish legacia = Portuguese legacia, from Middle Latin as if *legatia, for L. legatum (later Italian legato = Spanish legado; cf. Portuguese legado, bequeathed), a bequest, from legatus, past participle of legare, bequeath: see legate. The F. legs, a legacy, is not related; it is a bad spelling of Old French lais: see lease, n.
  2. legacy, n.
 

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