Definitions for bequeath

bequeath be·queath

Spelling: [bih-kweeth , -kweeth]
IPA: /bɪˈkwið, -ˈkwiθ/

Bequeath is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in bequeath (abeehqtu).

Definitions for bequeath

verb (used with object)

  1. to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will:
  2. to hand down; pass on.
  3. Obsolete. to commit; entrust.

Origin of bequeath

before 1000; Middle English bequethen, Old English becwethan (be- be- + cwethan to say (see quoth), cognate with Old High German quedan, Gothi

Examples for bequeath

Temple women often adopt orphans, to whom they bequeath their possessions.

Which will, in turn, mean they retire with less wealth, and bequeath less wealth to their children.

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles.

In other words, they bequeath us a treasure which we are free to enrich with our own discoveries.

And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll.

Let parents, then, bequeath to their children not a heap of riches, but the spirit of reverence.

To posterity I bequeath the recognition of these poor captives.

And did they bequeath to the military the task of rescuing the democratic impulse stifled by a pharaoh with an Islamist face?

I bequeath him to you who already have done so much for him.

The father was even able to bequeath his unmarried daughters by will.

Word Value for bequeath
Scrable

22

Words with friends

23

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