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   Be·queath

   /bəˈkwēT͟H/

   

   verb

   • 1. leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will: "he bequeathed his art collection to the town" Similar leaveleave in one's willwillmake overpass onhand onhand downcedeconsigncommitentrustgranttransferconveydonategivegive overturn overvouchsafebestow onconfer ondemisedevise
   • ▪ pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else: "he is ditching the unpopular policies bequeathed to him" Similar hand downhand onpass onimparttransmit

   Word Origin Old Englishbecwethan, from be- ‘about’ (expressing transitivity) + cwethan ‘say’ (see quoth).

   Derivatives

   • 1. bequeathal noun
   • 2. bequeather noun

   Scrabble Points: 22

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

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