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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : bih-kwest |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈkwɛst |
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Définition of bequest
Origin :- c.1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth; from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz; cf. bequeath), with excrescent -t. Meaning "that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c.
- noun something given in will
- The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Of Vogelwied, the Minnesinger, and his bequest to the birds.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- They might enforce on them a total abolition of inheritance and bequest.'
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- One of the stories he had finished was "The $30,000 Bequest."
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- And knowing of this bequest, sir, I thought I'd bring the book down.
- Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
- Amazed at such a demand from such a character, 'What bequest?'
- Extract from : « Mystics and Saints of Islam » by Claud Field
- Previously to this bequest the collection of books was small.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853 » by Various
- The Duvals seem to have taken the bequest seriously—so, why not he?
- Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
- The disposal of Miss Cynthia's bequest was much discussed in the village.
- Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Mr. Mller records the first bequest as from a dear lad who died in the faith.
- Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson
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