Thesaurus results for BEQUEATH

bequeath

verb

bi-ˈkwēth

Definition of bequeath next

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 Among the additions to the AKG holdings in that time was the estate of Marisol, a Pop artist who bequeathed it to the museum upon her death in 2016; the museum organized an acclaimed traveling retrospective of her art that first opened in 2023 and landed at the museum the following year. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Herrera’s single off reliever Steven Okert scored one of the runners Burrows bequeathed. —

Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026 Upon her death in 2022, the Crown Jewels were bequeathed to her son, King Charles. —

Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 8 Apr. 2026 Certainly the june bug — winged music, forest crackle, witness to the lives of mud — will bequeath some of her vitality to the sharp song of the bird from a city so foreign to her. —

María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bequeath

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People leaving Los Angeles and California are raising the cost of living in some red states after years of relocating from the left-leaning state.

— Lindsay Kornick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Panish said Grossman then struck the two older boys at nearly 73 mph, sending Mark 252 feet down the road and leaving a Mercedes grille pattern on his body.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026