verb
Meaning 1
To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bequeath
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /bɪˈkwiːθ/
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UK: /bɪˈkwiːð/
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verb
Meaning 2
To hand down; to transmit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To give; to offer; to commit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
leave or give by will after one's death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry
- My grandfather left me his entire estate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: will, leave
Antonyms: disinherit
Broader terms: give, gift, present
Narrower terms: devise, pass on, remember, fee-tail, entail
History
Etymology
From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”). Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կտակել (ktakel) — to give or leave by will
- Azerbaijani: Miras buraxmaq — to give or leave by will
- Azerbaijani: Miras qoymaq — to give or leave by will
- Belarusian: завяшча́ць (zavjaščácʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Belarusian: адпі́сваць (adpísvacʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Belarusian: адпіса́ць (adpisácʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Belarusian: адка́зваць (adkázvacʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Belarusian: адказа́ць (adkazácʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Bulgarian: завеща́вам (zaveštávam) — to give or leave by will
- Chinese Mandarin: 遺贈 /遗赠 (yízèng) — to give or leave by will
- Dutch: nalaten — to give or leave by will
- Dutch: overdragen — to give or leave by will
- Dutch: legateren — to give or leave by will
- Esperanto: testamenti — to give or leave by will
- Finnish: testamentata — to give or leave by will
- Finnish: jättää — to give or leave by will
- French: léguer — to give or leave by will
- French: transmettre — to give or leave by will
- Old Frisian: biqathan — to give or leave by will
- West-Frisian: neilitte — to give or leave by will
- Galician: mandar — to give or leave by will
- Galician: legar — to give or leave by will
- German: hinterlassen — to give or leave by will
- German: vererben — to give or leave by will
- German: vermachen — to give or leave by will
- German: aussetzen — to give or leave by will
- Hungarian: hagyományoz — to give or leave by will
- Hungarian: örökül hagy — to give or leave by will
- Hungarian: ráhagy — to give or leave by will
- Icelandic: arfleiða — to give or leave by will
- Ido: legacar — to give or leave by will
- Italian: legare — to give or leave by will
- Italian: lasciare in eredità — to give or leave by will
- Japanese: 遺す (nokosu) — to give or leave by will
- Luxembourgish: verierwen — to give or leave by will
- Luxembourgish: hannerloossen — to give or leave by will
- Māori: whakaheke — to give or leave by will
- Māori: wira — to give or leave by will
- Māori: oha — to give or leave by will
- Māori: tukuoha — to give or leave by will
- Middle English: biquethen — to give or leave by will
- Occitan: legar — to give or leave by will
- Polish: zapisywać — to give or leave by will
- Polish: zapisać — to give or leave by will
- Portuguese: legar — to give or leave by will
- Russian: завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ) — to give or leave by will
- Serbo-Croatian: zaveštati — to give or leave by will
- Sicilian: dari — to give or leave by will
- Sicilian: dunari — to give or leave by will
- Sicilian: lassari — to give or leave by will
- Spanish: heredar — to give or leave by will
- Spanish: legar — to give or leave by will
- Spanish: dejar — to give or leave by will
- Spanish: ceder — to give or leave by will
- Swahili: -rithisha — to give or leave by will
- Swedish: testamentera — to give or leave by will
- Swedish: efterlämna — to give or leave by will
- Swedish: lämna i arv — to give or leave by will
- Turkish: mirasla bırakmak — to give or leave by will
- Turkish: vasiyetle bırakmak — to give or leave by will
- Ukrainian: завіща́ти (zaviščáty) — to give or leave by will
- Ukrainian: відпи́сувати (vidpýsuvaty) — to give or leave by will
- Ukrainian: відписа́ти (vidpysáty) — to give or leave by will
- Ukrainian: відка́зувати (vidkázuvaty) — to give or leave by will
- Ukrainian: відказа́ти (vidkazáty) — to give or leave by will
- Dutch: doorgeven — to hand down; to transmit
- Dutch: overleveren — to hand down; to transmit
- Finnish: luovuttaa — to hand down; to transmit
- Finnish: jättää — to hand down; to transmit
- Finnish: jättää jälkipolville — to hand down; to transmit
- French: transmettre — to hand down; to transmit
- French: passer — to hand down; to transmit
- German: (jemandem etwas) hinterlassen — to hand down; to transmit
- German: vermachen — to hand down; to transmit
- German: testamentarisch hinterlassen — to hand down; to transmit
- German: übergeben — to hand down; to transmit
- German: weiterreichen — to hand down; to transmit
- Hungarian: hagyományoz — to hand down; to transmit
- Hungarian: örökül hagy — to hand down; to transmit
- Hungarian: ráhagy — to hand down; to transmit
- Italian: trasmettere — to hand down; to transmit
- Italian: tramandare — to hand down; to transmit
- Māori: whakaheke — to hand down; to transmit
- Māori: waiho iho — to hand down; to transmit
- Middle English: biquethen — to hand down; to transmit
- Portuguese: legar — to hand down; to transmit
- Portuguese: transmitir — to hand down; to transmit
- Sicilian: passari — to hand down; to transmit
- Sicilian: tramannari — to hand down; to transmit
- Sicilian: trasmèttiri — to hand down; to transmit
- Spanish: transmitir — to hand down; to transmit
- Spanish: conferir — to hand down; to transmit
- Spanish: pasar — to hand down; to transmit
- Spanish: legar — to hand down; to transmit
- Turkish: vasiyet etmek — to hand down; to transmit
- Dutch: aanbieden — to give; to offer; to commit
- Finnish: luovuttaa — to give; to offer; to commit
- Finnish: jättää — to give; to offer; to commit
- French: donner — to give; to offer; to commit
- French: offrir — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: überlassen — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: abgeben — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: anbieten — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: geben — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: anvertrauen — to give; to offer; to commit
- German: übergeben — to give; to offer; to commit
- Italian: donare — to give; to offer; to commit
- Italian: offrire — to give; to offer; to commit
- Middle English: biquethen — to give; to offer; to commit
- Sicilian: dunari — to give; to offer; to commit
- Sicilian: òffriri — to give; to offer; to commit
- Spanish: dar — to give; to offer; to commit
- Spanish: otorgar — to give; to offer; to commit
- Spanish: confiar — to give; to offer; to commit