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- pronunciation:
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kwith
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
bequeaths, bequeathing, bequeathed |
| definition 1: |
to leave or dispose of (property) by a will.
He bequeathed his entire estate to his daughter.- similar words:
- leave, will
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| definition 2: |
pass on or transfer, as to one of a younger generation.
He bequeathed to his son a love of nature.- similar words:
- hand down
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| related words: |
accord, bestow, cast, convey, endow, give, grant, pass, transfer, transmit |
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| derivations: |
bequeathal (n.), bequeather (n.), bequeathment (n.) |
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