Bequeathing
to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will:
she bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
to hand down; p-ss on.
obsolete. to commit; entrust.
contemporary examples
the last revolutionary gershom gorenberg july 1, 2012
historical examples
critical and historical essays, volume iii (of 3) thomas babington macaulay
a history of french literature edward dowden
the dock and the scaffold unknown
the risk profession donald edwin westlake
renaissance in italy, volume 2 (of 7) john addington symonds
the lost heir g. a. henty
rural rides william cobbett
jessamine marion harland
history of the intellectual development of europe, volume i (of 2) john william draper
verb (transitive)
(law) to dispose of (property, esp personal property) by will compare devise (sense 2)
to hand down; p-ss on, as to following generations
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