See bequest on Wiktionary
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"word": "bequeathal"
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{
"word": "legacy"
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{
"word": "gift"
},
{
"word": "donation"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaveštanie",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"word": "завещание"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "testament"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manda"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testamento"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Testament"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiomna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lascito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volontà"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "testament"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testamento"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tiomnadh"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testamento"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapovít",
"sense": "will of the deceased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "запові́т"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasledstvo",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наследство"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"word": "dødsgave"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"word": "dødslejegave"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "arvleiddur serarvur"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "stakarvur"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"word": "testamenttilahjoitus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "héritage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "legs"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manda"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "herdanza"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Erbschaft"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dánargjöf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eredità"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lēgātum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nasledstvo",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наследство"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"word": "testamentarisk gave"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "legat"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"word": "testamentarisk gåve"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naslédstvo",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "насле́дство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "herencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heredad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "legat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "testamentsgåva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "postum gåva"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spádok",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спа́док"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spádščyna",
"sense": "a person's inheritance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спа́дщина"
}
],
"word": "bequest"
}
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{
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"To give as a bequest; bequeath."
],
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"(transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath."
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "give as a bequest",
"word": "vererben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "give as a bequest",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "give as a bequest",
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"word": "заповіда́ти"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapovistý",
"sense": "give as a bequest",
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"word": "заповісти́"
}
],
"word": "bequest"
}
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