bequest
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noun \bi-ˈkwest, bē-\Definition of BEQUEST
1
: the act of bequeathing
2
: something bequeathed : legacy
See Examples of BEQUEST
- He made a bequest of his paintings to the museum.
- <left small bequests to all of her nieces and nephews>
Origin of BEQUEST
Middle English, irregular from bequethen
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to BEQUEST
- Synonyms
- inheritance, birthright, heritage, legacy, patrimony
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Rhymes with BEQUEST
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
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