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bequeathed

[ bih-kweetht, -kweethd ]

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adjective

(of personal property or money) disposed of by a person’s final will:
The college has received a bequeathed gift of $1 million from one of its alumni.
handed down or passed on:
The more conservative council members see traditional values as the bequeathed virtues of a preferred past.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of bequeath.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bequeathed¹

First recorded in 1615–25; bequeath ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; bequeath ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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The Mount Shasta Trail Assn., which was bequeathed hundreds of thousands of dollars from an anonymous donor who wanted to see access to the falls, tried for years to negotiate with the railroad, Harch said.

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When Dolores finally learns Vera has bequeathed her the entire estate, instead of expressing wistful gratitude, she breaks into a rage: “B***h! That malicious, high-flown, harping b***h.”

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As he did in 2017, Trump has been bequeathed a relatively stable economy, for now.

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In fact, it was Obama and Biden who were bequeathed messes, from former Republican presidents George W. Bush and Trump himself.

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The bronze sculpture had been bequeathed to Bryanston in 1975 by a former governor, but its provenance had been forgotten, until now.

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