Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of bequeathing; bequest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.

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  • noun The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.

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Examples

  • “An odd and interesting bequeathal,” said her dad.

    The Wish Stealers Tracy Trivas 2010

  • She was taking the nice little bequeathal Mr. Man had left her in his heart-wrenchingly sweet card—which had started her crying all over again when Doris had quietly handed it to her at the funeral—and buying William a token of her affection.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • She was taking the nice little bequeathal Mr. Man had left her in his heart-wrenchingly sweet card—which had started her crying all over again when Doris had quietly handed it to her at the funeral—and buying William a token of her affection.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • “An odd and interesting bequeathal,” said her dad.

    The Wish Stealers Tracy Trivas 2010

  • She was taking the nice little bequeathal Mr. Man had left her in his heart-wrenchingly sweet card—which had started her crying all over again when Doris had quietly handed it to her at the funeral—and buying William a token of her affection.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • She was taking the nice little bequeathal Mr. Man had left her in his heart-wrenchingly sweet card—which had started her crying all over again when Doris had quietly handed it to her at the funeral—and buying William a token of her affection.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • "You didn't resent him to the point of rejecting his bequeathal."

    Where There's Smoke Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1994

  • There is some diversity of outlook in the societies: some emphasize cremation; others are more interested in educational programs advocating bequeathal of bodies to medical schools; still others stress freedom of choice in the matter of burials as their main concern.

    The Undertaker's Racket 1969

  • There is some diversity of outlook in the societies: some emphasize cremation; others are more interested in educational programs advocating bequeathal of bodies to medical schools; still others stress freedom of choice in the matter of burials as their main concern.

    The Undertaker's Racket 1963

  • There, with fewest possible sentences, the clergyman announced that he now accepted him and would, therefore, carry out the promise with regard to the bequeathal of his property to him in the event of any untoward circumstances arising later.

    The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood 1910

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