Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Law The act of giving or leaving personal property by a will.
- noun Something that is bequeathed; a legacy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give as a bequest; bequeath.
- noun The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- noun That which is left by will; a legacy.
- noun That which is or has been handed down or transmitted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- noun That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
- transitive verb obsolete To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
- noun The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the
deceased . - noun That which is left by will; a
legacy . - noun That which has been handed down or transmitted.
- noun A person's
inheritance ; an amount of property given by will. - verb transitive To give as a bequest;
bequeath .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) a gift of personal property by will
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Looking at my own situation, if I die early and leave a large bequest "by mistake," that will come when my children still need it, whereas if I live longer and the bequest is diminished, that will be after my children have had time to establish themselves.
Defending Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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In 1936, a bequest from the estates of Maud Walker-Ames and Edwin Gardner Ames established a fund that the university uses to
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Joseph Henry stated in his first annual report in 1847 in considering the role of the Institution in formally accepting the bequest of James Smithson: The bequest is for the benefit of mankind.
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Procopius, who, alleging as his title a bequest of the Emperor
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Library, London, was established by a bequest from the dissenting minister,
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Highlights also include the famous 1906 portrait of Gertrude Stein, which was a bequest from the American writer in 1946 and the Met's first Picasso acquisition.
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Highlights also include the famous 1906 portrait of Gertrude Stein, which was a bequest from the American writer in 1946 and the Met's first Picasso acquisition.
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Highlights also include the famous 1906 portrait of Gertrude Stein, which was a bequest from the American writer in 1946 and the Met's first Picasso acquisition.
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Highlights also include the famous 1906 portrait of Gertrude Stein, which was a bequest from the American writer in 1946 and the Met's first Picasso acquisition.
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Highlights also include the famous 1906 portrait of Gertrude Stein, which was a bequest from the American writer in 1946 and the Met's first Picasso acquisition.
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