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bequeaths 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/biˈkwēTH/,/-ˈkwēT͟H/,
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bequeathing, present participle; bequeathed, past participle; bequeaths, 3rd person singular present; bequeathed, past tense;
  1. Leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
    • - an identical sum was bequeathed by Margaret
    • - he bequeathed his art collection to the town
  2. Pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else
    • - he is ditching the unpopular policies bequeathed to him
  1. (bequeath) leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
  2. (Bequeathed) A bequest is the act of receiving property by will. Strictly, "bequest" is used of personal property, and "devise" of real property. In legal terminology, "bequeath" is a verb form meaning "to make a bequest."
  3. (Bequeath) To leave property to somebody in a will
  4. (Bequeath) To give a gift to someone through a will.
  5. (BEQUEATH) The legal term for "making a gift" in a Will.
  6. (Bequeath) English statute of 1290 that abolished subinfudation
  7. (Bequeath) The process or act of leaving an item or amount of money to a Beneficiary in a Will.
  8. (Bequeath) To dispose of PERSONAL PROPERTY owned by a decedent at the time of death as a gift under the provisions of the decedent's will.
  9. (Bequeath) To give personal property by a will. This term has been replaced by the term "devise" under the Michigan Revised Probate Code. See DEVISE, MICHIGAN REVISED PROBATE CODE.
  10. (bequeath) term appearing in a will meaning to leave or give property as specified therein to another person or organization.