Definitions for legacies

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legacies leg·a·cy

Spelling: [leg-uh-see]

IPA: /ˈlɛg ə si/

Legacies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in legacies (aceegils).

Definitions for legacies

noun

1. Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
2. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor:
3. an applicant to or student at a school that was attended by his or her parent.
4. Obsolete. the office, function, or commission of a legate.

adjective

1. of or relating to old or outdated computer hardware, software, or data that, while still functional, does not work well with up-to-date systems.

Origin of legacies

1325-75; Middle English legacie office of a deputy or legate Medieval Latin lēgātia. See legate, -acy

Examples for legacies

She left her legacies in the form of a petition to her husband.

They took control of their legacies, but they also took ownership of their images.

The land may be responsible for some portion of his debts or legacies.

First, begin to pay the legacies,—fifteen thousand to the girls.

The remaining £3000 I was to pay in legacies and annuities to friends and servants.

His predecessors have almost all died of natural causes, leaving their legacies for others to shape.

Designers hew to their legacies for fall lines, while Armani argues against his reputation for elegance.

And as far as the GOP donor class goes, can you say legacies?

From that moment, no one heard any thing more of the legacies.

Second presidential terms are about policies, but they are also about legacies.