bequeath
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bequeath
- /bɪˈkwiːθ/ UK
- /bɪˈkwiːð/ UK
Rhymes with -iːθ, -iːð
Where it comes from
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.
verb bequeaths · bequeathing · bequeathed · bequoth
- To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- To hand down; to transmit. Ownership of manufacturing workshops is not essential to that job; but BR happen to have been bequeathed a considerable number with a proud history.
- To give; to offer; to commit. These young gay men and lesbians were more militant and began to reject advice from the homophile movement to try to "fit into" society, not to make waves, and to rely on professionals and establishment figures to bequeath them social rights.
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