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- DictionaryBe·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"
BEQUEATH definition: 1. to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death: 2. to arrange for…. Learn more.
6 days ago · 1. verb. If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die . [formal] Fields's will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the sum of twenty thousand dollars. [VERB noun noun] He bequeathed all his silver to his children. [VERB noun + to]
bequeath something (to somebody) | bequeath somebody something to leave the results of your work, knowledge, etc. for other people to use or deal with, especially after you have died. The previous government had bequeathed a legacy of problems. Word Origin. See bequeath in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
verb. leave or give by will after one's death. “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”. synonyms: leave, will. leave, leave behind. be survived by after one's death. give, impart, leave, pass on. transmit (knowledge or skills) see more.
verb [ + two objects ] formal uk / bɪˈkwiːð / us. Add to word list. to formally arrange to give someone something after you die: He bequeathed his art collection to the city of Glasgow. (Definition of bequeath from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of bequeath. in Chinese (Traditional) 把…遺贈給… See more.
bequeath meaning, definition, what is bequeath: to officially arrange for someone to hav...: Learn more.
1. Law To leave or give (personal property) by will. 2. To pass (something) on to another; hand down: bequeathed to their children a respect for hard work. [Middle English biquethen, from Old English becwethan : be-, be- + cwethan, to say; see g w et- in Indo-European roots .] be·queath′al, be·queath′ment n. be·queath′er n.
