Thesaurus results for BEQUEATH

bequeath

verb

bi-ˈkwēth

Definition of bequeath

as in to leave

to give by means of a will having no heir, he bequeathed his house to his local church

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Recent Examples of bequeath Each box owner has about 10 seats that can be transferred, rented out or bequeathed. — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 Upon her death in 2005, Lord’s $40 million estate was bequeathed to Hawaiian charities. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The pooches were bequeathed to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson when Britain's longest-reigning monarch died in 2022. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 June 2026 To mark the occasion, Heritage Auctions is auctioning 101 lots online containing personal items that belonged to Norman and Hedda Rosten, two close friends of Monroe for the last seven years of her life, bequeathed to them over the course of their friendship. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bequeath

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Still others tend the fleet already in orbit, refueling, relocating, and extending the life of satellites, and clearing the debris that crowded orbits leave behind.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
As a result, more producers have chosen to go elsewhere, leaving a quieter landscape for Georgians seeking employment in film and TV.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of leave

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After the first hydration break, the Americans seemed to settle into the game and the partisan crowd at Lumen Field in Seattle began to will them back into the contest.

— Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
But the limitations of a body of a forty-year-old cannot be willed away, especially without much in the way of reps.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 July 2026