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bequest 音标拼音: [bɪkw'ɛst] n. 遗赠物,遗产,遗赠 遗赠物,遗产,遗赠 bequest n 1: ( law) a gift of personal property by will [ synonym: { bequest}, { legacy}] Bequest \ Be* quest"\, n. [ OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be- AS. cwide a saying, becwe[ eth] an to bequeath. The ending - est is probably due to confusion with quest. See { Bequeath}, { Quest}.] 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift. [ 1913 Webster]
Bequest \ Be* quest"\, v. t. To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [ Obs.] " All I have to bequest." -- Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " bequest": attested copy, bequeathal, birthright, borough- English, codicil, coheirship, coparcenary, devise, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture, primogeniture, probate, reversion, succession, testament, ultimogeniture, will
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