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Meaning of bequeath in English

bequeath
verb [ T + two objects ]
  formal
uk
/bɪˈkwiːð/ us
/bɪˈkwiːð/
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to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death:
Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.
bequeath something to someone Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.
Synonyms
leave
will (LEAVE)
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(Definition of bequeath from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bequeath | American Dictionary

bequeath
verb [ T ]
us
/bɪˈkwiθ, -ˈkwið/
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to give money or property to others after your death:
Her father bequeathed the business to her.
(Definition of bequeath from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

bequeath | Business English

bequeath
verb [ T ]
  LAW
uk
/bɪˈkwiːð/ us
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to arrange for your money or property to be given to someone after your death:
bequeath sb sth Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.
bequeath sth to sb Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.
(Definition of bequeath from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bequeath

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In the case of a perfect annuity, agents annuitise all their wealth and bequeath nothing to their heirs.
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Naturally parents wished to bequeath the household headship to those with whom they had blood ties, even if it were a daughter.
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Naturally, parents would have wished to bequeath property to their own children, whether they were male or female.
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She specified that after her death her daughter could bequeath the rooms to whomever she preferred.
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All three were bequeathed everything they brought into the marriage.
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It is the overall nature of the legacy being bequeathed to a newer generation of practitioners in urban history that matters.
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Some sons had to pay for the land they received from parents, and many sons were not bequeathed land.
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His decision affronted conventional logic, and bequeathed a controversy to be pondered in perpetuity.
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This is evident in the frequency with which they bequeathed their capital to their families and founded chaplaincies to benefit their relatives.
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Plainly, one's rights over the genes one may bequeath to another individual are not the same as one's rights over one's own genes.
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For example, cuckoo parents repeatedly select host nests for their offspring, thereby bequeathing modified selection pressures, as well as genes, to their chicks.
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Not unnaturally, one of the benefits of ownership was being able to bequeath the home.
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This is particularly interesting because, as indicated above, the former bequeathed the concept around which he built a critical career.
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During one depression (in 1342) a grocer was able to lend £40 to a knight, and while the horizons were closing, in 1410, another bequeathed £1,000.
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That undoubtedly bequeathed a less radicalised atmosphere when the transition came.
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把…遺贈給…
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把…遗赠给…
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legar, ceder…
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～を遺言で残す, 遺贈する…
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zapisywać (w testamencie ), zostawiać w spadku, zapisać w testamencie…
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