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Synonyms for bequest

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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