English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle English bequethen (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old English becweþan ( “ to say, to speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will ” ) , equivalent to be- quethe West Frisian bekwathan
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -iːð -iːθ
Verb
bequeath (third-person singular simple present bequeaths present participle bequeathing simple past bequeathed or ( obsolete ) bequoth past participle bequeathed or ( rare ) bequethen
( law ) will ; to give by testament .To hand down; to transmit.
To give; to offer; to commit.
Usage notes
Translations
to give or leave by will
Armenian: կտակել (hy) ( ktakel )
Belarusian: завяшча́ць impf or pf ( zavjaščácʹ ) , адпі́сваць impf ( adpísvacʹ ) , адпіса́ць pf ( adpisácʹ ) , адка́зваць impf ( adkázvacʹ ) , адказа́ць pf ( adkazácʹ )
Bulgarian: завеща́вам (bg) ( zaveštávam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺贈 ／ 遗赠 (zh) ( yízèng ) , 遗赠 (zh) ( yízèng )
Dutch: nalaten (nl) , overdragen (nl) , legateren (nl)
Finnish: testamentata
French: léguer (fr) , transmettre (fr)
German: ( something ) hinterlassen (de) , vererben (de)
Icelandic: arfleiða
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Italian: legare (it) , lasciare in eredità
Japanese: 遺す ( のこす, nokosu )
Luxembourgish: verierwen hannerloossen
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Maori: whakaheke wira
Occitan: legar
Old Frisian: biqathan
Polish: zapisywać (pl) impf zapisać (pl) pf
Portuguese: legar (pt)
Russian: завеща́ть (ru) impf or pf ( zaveščátʹ )
Spanish: heredar (es) , legar (es) , dejar (es) , ceder (es)
Swahili: -rithisha
Swedish: testamentera (sv) , efterlämna lämna i arv
Turkish: mirasla bırakmak vasiyetle bırakmak
Ukrainian: завіща́ти impf or pf ( zaviščáty ) , відпи́сувати impf ( vidpýsuvaty ) , відписа́ти pf ( vidpysáty ) , відка́зувати impf ( vidkázuvaty ) , відказа́ти pf ( vidkazáty )
West Frisian: bekwathan
to hand down; to transmit
Dutch: doorgeven (nl) , overleveren (nl)
Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
French: transmettre (fr) , passer (fr)
German: ( jemandem etwas ) hinterlassen (de) , vermachen (de) , testamentarisch hinterlassen
Italian: trasmettere (it) , tramandare (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Maori: whakaheke waiho iho
Portuguese: legar (pt) , transmitir (pt)
Spanish: transmitir (es) , conferir (es) , pasar (es) , legar (es)
Turkish: vasiyet etmek (tr)
to give; to offer; to commit