C1verb · intransitive · rare

bequeath

be·queath

bequeath · bequeaths · bequeathed · bequeathing

відписувати, завіщати, відписати, відказувати

завещать

übergeben, vermachen, geben, hinterlassen

To give or leave by willTo give or leave by will; to give by testament.

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/bɪˈkwiːθ/

» He bequeathed his son a fortune.

Er hinterließ seinem Sohn ein großes Vermögen.

Meaning

3 senses

To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
hinterlassen, vererben, vermachen
завеща́тьzaveščátʹ
завіща́тиzaviščáty, відпи́суватиvidpýsuvaty, відписа́тиvidpysáty
leave or give by will after one's death
To hand down; to transmit.
(jemandem etwas) hinterlassen, vermachen, testamentarisch hinterlassen
To give; to offer; to commit.
überlassen, abgeben, anbieten

Examples

15 sentences

He bequeathed his son a fortune.
deEr hinterließ seinem Sohn ein großes Vermögen.
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What my father bequeathed, I inherited.
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He bequeathed his fortune to his son.
ruОн завещал своё состояние сыну.
deEr hinterließ das Vermögen seinem Sohn.
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To whom will what he bequeathed go?
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He bequeathed a considerable fortune to his son.
deEr hinterließ seinem Sohn ein beträchtliches Vermögen.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to give or leave by will:

Русский

By meaning 1

to give or leave by will:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to give or leave by will:

to hand down; to transmit:

to give; to offer; to commit:

Origin

From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, e

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.

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