"bequeath" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈkwiːθ/ [UK], /bɪˈkwiːð/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bequeath.wav Forms: bequeaths [present, singular, third-person], bequeathing [participle, present], bequeathed [past], bequoth [obsolete, past], bequeathed [participle, past], bequethen [participle, past, rare], bequothen [obsolete, participle, past]
Rhymes: -iːθ, -iːð Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|biquethen}} Middle English biquethen, {{inh|en|ang|becweþan||to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will}} Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), {{prefix|en|be|quethe}} be- + quethe, {{cog|ofs|biquetha}} Old Frisian biquetha Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=bequoth|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=bequethen|past_ptc2_qual=rare|past_ptc3=bequothen|past_ptc3_qual=obsolete}} 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)
  1. (law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament. Categories (topical): Law Translations (to give or leave by will): կտակել (ktakel) (Armenian), Miras buraxmaq (Azerbaijani), Miras qoymaq (Azerbaijani), завяшча́ць (zavjaščácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), адпі́сваць (adpísvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адпіса́ць (adpisácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), адка́зваць (adkázvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адказа́ць (adkazácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), завеща́вам (zaveštávam) (Bulgarian), 遺贈 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗赠 (yízèng) (Chinese Mandarin), nalaten (Dutch), overdragen (Dutch), legateren (Dutch), testamentata (Finnish), jättää (alt: + optional perinnöksi) (Finnish), léguer (French), transmettre (French), mandar (Galician), legar (Galician), hinterlassen (english: something) (German), vererben (German), vermachen (German), aussetzen (German), übermachen (German), vergaben (German), hagyományoz (Hungarian), örökül hagy (Hungarian), ráhagy (Hungarian), arfleiða (Icelandic), legacar (Ido), legare (Italian), lasciare in eredità (Italian), 遺す (nokosu) (alt: のこす) (Japanese), verierwen (Luxembourgish), hannerloossen (Luxembourgish), whakaheke (Maori), wira (Maori), biquethen (Middle English), legar (Occitan), biqathan (Old Frisian), zapisywać [imperfective] (Polish), zapisać [perfective] (Polish), legar (Portuguese), завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), zaveštati [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), dari (Sicilian), dunari (Sicilian), lassari (Sicilian), heredar (Spanish), legar (Spanish), dejar (Spanish), ceder (Spanish), -rithisha (Swahili), testamentera (Swedish), efterlämna (Swedish), lämna i arv (Swedish), mirasla bırakmak (Turkish), vasiyetle bırakmak (Turkish), завіща́ти (zaviščáty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), відпи́сувати (vidpýsuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відписа́ти (vidpysáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відка́зувати (vidkázuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відказа́ти (vidkazáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), neilitte (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-bequeath-en-verb-Zw4XO8Up Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to give or leave by will': 85 0 15
  2. To hand down; to transmit. Translations (to hand down; to transmit): doorgeven (Dutch), overleveren (Dutch), luovuttaa (Finnish), jättää (alt: + optional perinnöksi) (Finnish), jättää jälkipolville (Finnish), transmettre (French), passer (French), (jemandem etwas) hinterlassen (German), vermachen (German), testamentarisch hinterlassen (German), übergeben (German), weiterreichen (German), hagyományoz (Hungarian), örökül hagy (Hungarian), ráhagy (Hungarian), trasmettere (Italian), tramandare (Italian), whakaheke (Maori), waiho iho (Maori), biquethen (Middle English), legar (Portuguese), transmitir (Portuguese), passari (Sicilian), tramannari (Sicilian), trasmèttiri (Sicilian), transmitir (Spanish), conferir (Spanish), pasar (Spanish), legar (Spanish), vasiyet etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bequeath-en-verb-acifFpFL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms prefixed with be-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Old Frisian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 84 12 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 6 78 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 20 49 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 84 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 72 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 61 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 12 76 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Frisian translations: 3 94 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 17 70 13 Disambiguation of 'to hand down; to transmit': 2 97 1
  3. To give; to offer; to commit. Translations (to give; to offer; to commit): aanbieden (Dutch), luovuttaa (Finnish), jättää (Finnish), donner (French), offrir (French), überlassen (German), abgeben (German), anbieten (German), geben (German), anvertrauen (German), übergeben (German), donare (Italian), offrire (Italian), biquethen (Middle English), dunari (Sicilian), òffriri (Sicilian), dar (Spanish), otorgar (Spanish), confiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bequeath-en-verb-31Npp9C5 Disambiguation of 'to give; to offer; to commit': 6 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bequeathable, bequeathal, bequeather, bequeathment, unbequeathed Related terms: quethe, quoth, bequest

Inflected forms

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      "word": "bequeathable"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bequeathal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bequeather"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bequeathment"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "biquetha"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian biquetha",
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    }
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      "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",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      },
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    }
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        "To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
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        [
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          "testament"
        ]
      ],
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        "(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
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        "law"
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          "_dis1": "85 0 15",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ktakel",
          "sense": "to give or leave by will",
          "word": "կտակել"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 0 15",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to give or leave by will",
          "word": "Miras buraxmaq"
        },
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          "_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",
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      },
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "word": "quethe"
    },
    {
      "word": "quoth"
    },
    {
      "word": "bequest"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "testament",
          "testament"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 10:",
          "text": "First Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Looks like I already did. You're the sad figment of my twisted psyche's tragic dividend. You're the un-me. I'm the real me. You wanna be me?\nSecond Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Kiddo, I was the real me when you were still in my short pants.\nFirst Xavier: Hate to break it to you, but I wore them first. Me bequeathed thee the psychopathological hand-you-down.\nSecond Xavier: So you're the one who stained them!!\nFirst Xavier: Whoever found it, browned it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hand down; to transmit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give; to offer; to commit."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈkwiːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈkwiːð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bequeath.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːð"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ktakel",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "կտակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "Miras buraxmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "Miras qoymaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zavjaščácʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завяшча́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adpísvacʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "адпі́сваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adpisácʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "адпіса́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adkázvacʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "адка́зваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adkazácʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "адказа́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaveštávam",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "завеща́вам"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "nalaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "overdragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "legateren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "testamentata"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ optional perinnöksi",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "jättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "léguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "transmettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "mandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "legar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "something",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "hinterlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "vererben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "vermachen"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "hagyományoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "örökül hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "ráhagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "arfleiða"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のこす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nokosu",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "遺す"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "verierwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "hannerloossen"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "biquethen"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "legar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ofs",
      "lang": "Old Frisian",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "biqathan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "legar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaveščátʹ",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "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",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "vasiyetle bırakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaviščáty",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завіща́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidpýsuvaty",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відпи́сувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidpysáty",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відписа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkázuvaty",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відка́зувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkazáty",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відказа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "to give or leave by will",
      "word": "neilitte"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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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