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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "biquethen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English biquethen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "becweþan",
"4": "",
"5": "to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will"
},
"expansion": "Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "be",
"3": "quethe"
},
"expansion": "be- + quethe",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "biquetha"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian biquetha",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), equivalent to be- + quethe. Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bequeaths",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bequeathing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bequeathed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bequoth",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bequeathed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bequethen",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "bequothen",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"past2": "bequoth",
"past2_qual": "obsolete",
"past_ptc2": "bequethen",
"past_ptc2_qual": "rare",
"past_ptc3": "bequothen",
"past_ptc3_qual": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "bequeath (third-person singular simple present bequeaths, present participle bequeathing, simple past bequeathed or (obsolete) bequoth, past participle bequeathed or (rare) bequethen or (obsolete) bequothen)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"be‧queath"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quethe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "quoth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bequest"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
],
"id": "en-bequeath-en-verb-Zw4XO8Up",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"will",
"will"
],
[
"testament",
"testament"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ktakel",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "կտակել"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "Miras buraxmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "Miras qoymaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zavjaščácʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "завяшча́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adpísvacʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адпі́сваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adpisácʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "адпіса́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adkázvacʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адка́зваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adkazácʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "адказа́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaveštávam",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "завеща́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "遺贈"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yízèng",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "遗赠"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "nalaten"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "overdragen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legateren"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "testamentata"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"alt": "+ optional perinnöksi",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "jättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "léguer"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "transmettre"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "mandar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"english": "something",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hinterlassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vererben"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vermachen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "aussetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "übermachen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vergaben"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hagyományoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "örökül hagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "ráhagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "arfleiða"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legacar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legare"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lasciare in eredità"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"alt": "のこす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nokosu",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "遺す"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "verierwen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hannerloossen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "whakaheke"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "wira"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "biquethen"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "ofs",
"lang": "Old Frisian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "biqathan"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapisywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapisać"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaveščátʹ",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "завеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaveštati"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dari"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dunari"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lassari"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "heredar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "ceder"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "-rithisha"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "testamentera"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "efterlämna"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lämna i arv"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "mirasla bırakmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vasiyetle bırakmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaviščáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "завіща́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpýsuvaty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відпи́сувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpysáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відписа́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkázuvaty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відка́зувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkazáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відказа́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 0 15",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "neilitte"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "19 48 32",
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"name": "English terms prefixed with be-",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291",
"text": "Ownership of manufacturing workshops is not essential to that job; but BR happen to have been bequeathed a considerable number with a proud history.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hand down; to transmit."
],
"id": "en-bequeath-en-verb-acifFpFL",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "doorgeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "overleveren"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "luovuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"alt": "+ optional perinnöksi",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "jättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "jättää jälkipolville"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmettre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "(jemandem etwas) hinterlassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "vermachen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "testamentarisch hinterlassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "übergeben"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "weiterreichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "hagyományoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "örökül hagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "ráhagy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "trasmettere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "tramandare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "whakaheke"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "waiho iho"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "biquethen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmitir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "passari"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "tramannari"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "trasmèttiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmitir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "conferir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "vasiyet etmek"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006 March 26, Leslie Feinberg, “'Gay is good'”, in Workers World",
"text": "These young gay men and lesbians were more militant and began to reject advice from the homophile movement to try to \"fit into\" society, not to make waves, and to rely on professionals and establishment figures to bequeath them social rights.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give; to offer; to commit."
],
"id": "en-bequeath-en-verb-31Npp9C5",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 92",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "aanbieden"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "luovuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "jättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 92",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
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{
"_dis1": "6 2 92",
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"ref": "2006 March 26, Leslie Feinberg, “'Gay is good'”, in Workers World",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "կտակել"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "Miras buraxmaq"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "Miras qoymaq"
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaveštávam",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "завеща́вам"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "遺贈"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yízèng",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "遗赠"
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"word": "nalaten"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "overdragen"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "testamentata"
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "léguer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "transmettre"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "mandar"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
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"code": "de",
"english": "something",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hinterlassen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vererben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "aussetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "übermachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vergaben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hagyományoz"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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{
"code": "is",
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"word": "arfleiða"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legacar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lasciare in eredità"
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{
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"word": "遺す"
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{
"code": "lb",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "verierwen"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "hannerloossen"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "whakaheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "wira"
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{
"code": "enm",
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"code": "ofs",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "biqathan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
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"word": "zapisywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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"word": "zapisać"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
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"perfective"
],
"word": "завеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaveštati"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dunari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lassari"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "heredar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "dejar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "ceder"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "-rithisha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "testamentera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "efterlämna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "lämna i arv"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "mirasla bırakmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "vasiyetle bırakmak"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zaviščáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vidpýsuvaty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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"word": "відпи́сувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpysáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vidkázuvaty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vidkazáty",
"sense": "to give or leave by will",
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"code": "fy",
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"sense": "to give or leave by will",
"word": "neilitte"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "doorgeven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "overleveren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "luovuttaa"
},
{
"alt": "+ optional perinnöksi",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "jättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "jättää jälkipolville"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmettre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "passer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "(jemandem etwas) hinterlassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "vermachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "testamentarisch hinterlassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "übergeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "weiterreichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "hagyományoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "örökül hagy"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "ráhagy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "trasmettere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "tramandare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "whakaheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "waiho iho"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "biquethen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmitir"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "passari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "tramannari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "trasmèttiri"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "transmitir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "conferir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "legar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to hand down; to transmit",
"word": "vasiyet etmek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "aanbieden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "luovuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "jättää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "donner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "offrir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "überlassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "abgeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "anbieten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "geben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "anbieten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "anvertrauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "übergeben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "donare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "offrire"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "biquethen"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "dunari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "òffriri"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "dar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "otorgar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give; to offer; to commit",
"word": "confiar"
}
],
"word": "bequeath"
}
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