bequeathed

Meaning of bequeathed

verb, past tense
  1. leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.
    he bequeathed his art collection to the town

Old English becwethan, from be- ‘about’ (expressing transitivity) + cwethan ‘say’ (see quoth).

Information about bequeathed

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of bequeathed

be-queathed

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • bequeathed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bequeathed synonyms

Meaning bequeath (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will:

leave

Meaning expressing the future tense:

will

Meaning give up (power or territory):

cede

Meaning deliver (something) to a person's keeping:

consign

Meaning perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act):

commit

Meaning assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone):

entrust

Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:

grant

Meaning move from one place to another:

transfer

Meaning transfer the title to (property):

convey

Meaning give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity:

donate

Meaning freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone):

give

Meaning give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner:

vouchsafe

Meaning convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease:

demise

Meaning plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought:

devise

Words that rhyme with bequeathed

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