legate[verb]Synonyms: will, bequeath, devise, leave
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leg‧ate /ˈleɡət, ˈleɡɪt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;
Origin: legat, from Latin legatus, from the past participle of legare 'to send as a representative, leave after your death', from lex; ⇒ legal]
an important official representative, especially an official representative of the
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