bequeath
[verb]
Synonyms: leave, bestow, endow, entrust, give, grant, hand down, impart, pass on, will

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Contrasted words: disinherit, exheridate

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be‧queath /bɪˈkwiːð, bɪˈkwiːθ/ verb [transitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: becwethan, from cwethan 'to say']

1. to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death Synonym : leave
bequeath something to somebody
She bequeathed her collection of paintings to the National Gallery.
bequeath somebody something
His father bequeathed him a fortune.

2. to pass knowledge, customs etc to people who come after you or live after you

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