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bequeathing

/bih-kweeth, -kweeth/US // bɪˈkwið, -ˈkwiθ //UK // (bɪˈkwiːð, -ˈkwiːθ) //

遗赠,遗嘱,遗留,遗赠品

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dispose of by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
    • : to hand down; pass on.
    • : Obsolete. to commit; entrust.

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Examples

  • To his successors on the right, he did not succeed in bequeathing his modesty or calm.

  • It was the hand which wrote unknown to your uncle that letter to your solicitor, bequeathing itself to you.

  • An allusion to the legal forms of conveying and bequeathing property in the middle ages.

  • But a few States still permit such wills made by persons in extremis, and bequeathing a limited amount of property.

  • He conceived the idea of bequeathing his property to the state.

  • By our example, Bequeathing misery to such as love it, Learn to be happy.