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Bequeathed
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 testament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. --Shak. 2. To hand down; to transmit. To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. --Glanvill. 3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. --Shak. Syn: To Bequeath, Devise. Usage: Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.

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- drawing copying it. After p****ing through other private collections, it was bequeathe to the National Gallery by William Holwell Carr in 1831. List of works...
- Archives, Kew". Published by Ancestry here. 13 March 1593. Item I give and bequeathe unto my Sister & Brothers daughters forti poundes in full discharge of...
- the earth, this was your good grandmothers prayer upon me & mine, which bequeathe she had out of Jacobs will". Femke Molekamp, Women and the Bible in Early...
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- and narwhal by Greenland whalers. A collection of nearly 600 birds was bequeathe to Landgrave Karl and this was later obtained by Frederick VI who donated...
- also to the further uses that are hereinafter expressed: I do give and bequeathe, unto the mayor and aldermen of the borough of South Molton, in Devon...