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be·queath /bi-'kwēth, -'kwēt̲h̲/ vt [Old English becwethan to speak to, address, leave by will, from be- to, about + cwethan to say]: to give by will— used esp. of personal property but sometimes of real property; see also legacy, legatee compare devise
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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administer to, afford, allow, assign dower, bestow upon, cede, change hands, contribute, deliver to, demise, devise, devolve upon, dispense, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow with, enfeoff, furnish, give, give away at death, give by will, grant, hand down, hand on, hand over to, interchange, invest, leave, leave a legacy, leave by will, leave to, make a bequest, make a present of, make legacies, pass on to, pass over to, provide, put in possession, remit, render, transfer ownership, vest in, will to
associated concepts: bequest
foreign phrases:
- Da tua dum tua sunt, post mortem tunc tua non sunt. — Give that which is yours while it is yours, after death it is not yours.II index abalienate, bestow, cede, contribute (supply), convey (transfer), demise, descend, devise (give), devolve, endow, give (grant), grant (transfer formally), leave (give), pass (advance), present (make a gift), transfer
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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To leave personal property through a will. Compare: deviseCategory: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate CourtCategory: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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v.1 To give a gift of personal property by means of a will.See also devise.2 In some states, to give a gift of any type of property by means of a will.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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To dispose of personal property owned by a decedent at the time of death as a gift under the provisions of the decedent's will.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To dispose of personal property owned by a decedent at the time of death as a gift under the provisions of the decedent's will.II To give a gift to someone through a will.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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Bequeath — Be*queath (b[ e]*kw[=e][th] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bequeath — be‧queath [bɪˈkwiːD, bɪˈkwiːθ] verb [transitive] LAW to officially arrange for someone to have money or property that you own after your death, by writing it in your will: bequeath something to somebody • Sharp left the museum nothing, instead… … Financial and business terms
bequeath — (v.) O.E. becweðan to say, speak to, exhort, blame, also leave by will; from BE (Cf. be ) + cweðan to say, from P.Gmc. *kwithan, from PIE *gwet to say, speak. Original sense of say, utter died out 13c., leaving legal sense of transfer by will.… … Etymology dictionary
bequeath — *will, devise, leave, legate Analogous words: *give, present, bestow: *distribute, dispense … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bequeath — [v] give in a will bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, hand on, impart, leave, leave to, legate, pass on, transmit, will; concepts 108,317 Ant. take … New thesaurus
bequeath — ► VERB 1) leave (property) to someone by a will. 2) hand down or pass on. ORIGIN Old English, related to QUOTH(Cf. ↑quoth) … English terms dictionary
bequeath — [bē kwēth′, bēkwēth′; bikwēth′, bikwēth′] vt. bequeathed, bequeathing [ME bequethen < OE becwethan, to declare, give by will < be , BE + cwethan, to say: see QUOTH] 1. to leave (property) to another by last will and testament 2. to hand… … English World dictionary
bequeath — UK [bɪˈkwiːð] / US [bɪˈkwɪð] / US [bɪˈkwɪθ] verb [transitive] Word forms bequeath : present tense I/you/we/they bequeath he/she/it bequeaths present participle bequeathing past tense bequeathed past participle bequeathed formal to give someone… … English dictionary
bequeath — [[t]bɪkwi͟ːð[/t]] bequeaths, bequeathing, bequeathed 1) VERB If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die. [FORMAL] [V n n] Fields s will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the… … English dictionary
bequeath — be|queath [bıˈkwi:ð, bıˈkwi:θ] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: becwethan, from cwethan to say ] 1.) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death = ↑leave bequeath sth to sb ▪ She bequeathed her collection of… … Dictionary of contemporary English