Bequeath

Definition: Bequeath

Bequeath

Verb

1. Leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate".

Date "bequeath" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	To give personal property in a will. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bequeath

Synonyms: leave (v), will (v). (additional references)

Antonym: disinherit (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Giving	Invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Bequeath

English words defined with "bequeath": Bequeathed, Bequeathing, Bequethen ♦ To leave to one's self. (references)

Etymologies containing "bequeath": Bequethen. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Bequeath Them No Tumbled House (reference) I Bequeath to Thee (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Plato	Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	To her I bequeath the two candlesticks which are on the mantel.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Bequeath" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bequeath" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	46	50,285

Expression using "bequeath": bequeath smth. to smb.. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "bequeath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lë trashëgim (demise, leave, legate, legator, remember). (various references)

Arabic		‏ورث (confer, demise, devise, entail, inheritance, will), ‏سلم تراثا. (various references)

Bulgarian		завещавам (demise, devise, give, leave, legate, will), поверявам (commend, commit, confide, consign, disembosom, entrust, intrust, recommend, unbosom, whisper). (various references)

Chinese		遺贈 , 遗� (Bequeathed, Bequeathing), 貽 , �' (a present in writing), 垂 (almost, bend down, dangle, droop, factory, hand down, nearly, to approach, to hang). (various references)

Czech		zùstavit, předat (convey, hand down, hand over, impart, pass on, refer, transmit), odkázat (endow, hand down, refer, turn over). (various references)

Dutch		nalaten (fail, leave, leave behind, leave out, make a will, neglect, omit, overlook). (various references)

Esperanto		testamenti (make a will), heredigi (leave). (various references)

Farsi		وقف کردن (Amortize, Avow, Dedicate, Devote, Endow), تخصیص دادن به , بکسی واگذارکردن . (various references)

Finnish		testamentata (leave). (various references)

French		transmettre � . (various references)

German		vermachen (bequest, leave, make over, will), vererben (hand down, hand on, leave, make a will, pass on, to leave, transmit, will). (various references)

Greek		κληροδοτώ (demise, hand down). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"וריש (impoverish, leave a legacy, will), ל�"� חיל (confer). (various references)

Hungarian		örökségül hagy (to bequeath). (various references)

Indonesian		mewariskan, meninggali (leave behind to, live in, stay at). (various references)

Italian		lasciare per testamento. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		残す (over, to, to bequeath, to leave behind, to save). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		の�"す (to bequeath, to leave, to reserve, to save), つたえる (to bequeath, to communicate, to convey, to impart, to propagate, to report, to teach, to tell, to transmit). (various references)

Manx		chymnaghey (dedicate, dedication, depute, devise, devolve). (various references)

Norwegian		testamentere. (various references)

Pig Latin		equeathbay

Portuguese		legar (demise, devise, forsooth, leave, legatee, transmit, will). (various references)

Romanian		trece (blow over, call, call on, cease, clear away, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get in, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse, wear), testa (assay, attempt, devise, leave, test, try), lega (associate, attach, band, bend, bind, bind up, brace, charm, coagulate, conjoin, connect, cord, couple, encircle, express, fasten, fetter, hitch, insert, interlink, interlock, join, joint, knit, knot, link, mate, pack, relate, shackle, sheave, start, tackle, tether, tie, unite), lãsa prin testament (devise, leave, remember, will). (various references)

Russian		завещать (bequeath to, settle). (various references)

Scottish		tiomain (bestow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zaveštati (demise, devise, hand down, leave, will). (various references)

Spanish		legar (come off, devise, leave, legate, take away, throw down, will). (various references)

Swedish		testamentera (leave, leave by will, will). (various references)

Thai		ยกมร�"กให้ (bequeath to). (various references)

Turkish		vasiyetle bırakmak (devise, legate), miras bırakmak (hand down, legate, portion). (various references)

Ukranian		заповідати (legate, sign away, sign over, will), передавати нащадкам. (various references)

Welsh		cymynroddi, cymynnu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	legant, legati, legatos, legatum, legatur, legatus, legem, legere, legeris, leges, legesque, leget, legetque, relicta, relictae, relicti, relictis, relictisque, relicto, relictos, relictum, relictus, relinquam, relinquamini, relinquamus, relinquant, relinquas, relinquat, relinquatis, relinquatur, relinque, relinquebant, relinquebat, relinquemus, relinquens, relinquent, relinquentes, relinquentur, relinquere, relinquerentur, relinqueretur, relinqueris, relinques, relinquet, relinquetur, relinquimur, relinquit, relinquite, relinquitur, relinquo, relinquunt, relinquuntur, reliquerant, reliquerat, reliquerint, reliqueris, reliquerit, reliqueritis, reliquerunt, reliqui, reliquimus, reliquisse, reliquissent, reliquisset, reliquisti, reliquistis, reliquit, tradam, tradamque, tradamus, tradant, tradantur, tradar, tradas, tradat, tradatis, tradatur, trade, tradebant, tradebat, tradebatur, trademini, tradenda, tradendus, tradens, tradensque, tradent, tradente, tradentes, tradentis, tradentque, tradentur, tradere, traderem, traderent, traderentur, traderer, traderes, traderet, traderetur, traderis, trades, tradet, tradetisque, tradetque, tradetur, tradi, tradideras, tradiderim, tradideris, tradiderit, tradideritis, tradideritque, tradidero, tradiderunt, tradidi, tradidimus, tradidique, tradidissemus, tradidissent, tradidisti, tradidistis, tradidit, tradiditque, tradimur, tradit, tradita, traditae, tradite, traditi, traditique, traditis, traditor, traditum, traditur, traditurum, traditurus, traditus, trado, traduntur. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bequeath": bequeathal, bequeathals, bequeathed, bequeathing, bequeaths. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bequeath" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: basquiats, Bequai, bequath, bequeatg, bequeeth, bequeth, Bequia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-q-t-u"
	-2 letters: equate.
	-3 letters: bathe, beaut, haute, quate, thebe, tubae.
	-4 letters: abet, abut, baht, bate, bath, beat, beau, beet, beta, beth, bhut, bute, eath, habu, haet, hate, haut, heat, hebe, tabu, thae, thee, tuba, tube.
	-5 letters: ate, bah, bat, bee, bet, but, eat, eau, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, hub, hue, hut, qat, qua, tab, tae.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-h-q-t-u"
	+1 letter: bequeaths.
	+2 letters: bequeathal, bequeathed.
	+3 letters: bequeathals, bequeathing.
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