Bequest
[bɪ'kwest]
Definition
(n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
(n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
(v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.
Typist: Morton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Legacy, devise.
Edited by Julius
Definition
n. act of bequeathing: that which is bequeathed a legacy.
Editor: Wendell
Unserious Contents or Definition
After this dream, pleasures of consolation from the knowledge of duties well performed, and the health of the young is assured.
Typed by Jeanette
Examples
- There was just such an informality in the terms of the bequest as to give me no hope from law. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This Pergamum bequest, astonishing in itself, had the still more astonishing result of producing imitations in other quarters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Besides, the words Legacy, Bequest, go side by side with the words, Death, Funeral. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is difficult for us to understand the motives of this bequest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now the wealth did not weigh on me: now it was not a mere bequest of coin,--it was a legacy of life, hope, enjoyment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Why then should you expect me to pen this kind of affidavit, which has no object but to keep up a foolish partiality and secure a foolish bequest? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He's as fine as an auctioneer--that your son Frederic has not obtained any advance of money on bequests promised by Mr. Featherstone--promised? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Thea