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bequeath

verb
/bɪˈkwiːθ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”). Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.

  1. inherited from becweþan
  2. inherited from biquethen

Definitions

  1. To give or leave by will

    To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

  2. To hand down

    To hand down; to transmit.

    • Ownership of manufacturing workshops is not essential to that job; but BR happen to have been bequeathed a considerable number with a proud history.
    • The queen’s longevity always meant that Charles’s reign would be relatively short and therefore one of his most important tasks would be to bequeath the institution to Prince William in reasonable repair.

  3. To give

    To give; to offer; to commit.

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Derived

bequeathable, bequeathal, bequeather, bequeathment, unbequeathed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bequeath. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01bequeath02testament03inheritance04inheriting05inherit06bequest07legacy08bequeathed

A definitional loop anchored at bequeath. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bequeath

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA