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bequeathed

[bih-kweetht, -kweethd]

adjective

  1. (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.

  2. handed down or passed on.

    The more conservative council members see traditional values as the bequeathed virtues of a preferred past.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of bequeath.

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Other Word Forms

  • unbequeathed adjective
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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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Example Sentences

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“We maintain ourselves in existence,” he says, “through a style bequeathed to us by our Rilkean memories.”

Mr. Rein implores us to override the divisive reflexes evolution has bequeathed us.

It takes time for newly-elected presidents to assemble their cabinet, cue up a legislative program, address the problems — or coast on the economic health — bequeathed them by their predecessors.

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The ascent of Benson Boone, with his mustache and his backflips, suggests that Jackman may yet find inheritors to carry on the tradition he himself was bequeathed by Diamond and the rest.

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“Hey, supervisor!” — as he strode past Town Hall to Imagination Park, a gift the city’s most famous resident, filmmaker George Lucas, bequeathed along with life-sized statues of Yoda and Indiana Jones.

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