Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a disposition in a will.
- a legacy: A small bequest allowed her to live independently.
noun
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- the act of bequeathing
- something that is bequeathed
- law a gift of property by will, esp personal propertyCompare devise (def. 4), devise (def. 5)
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.