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- verb Present participle of
bequeath .
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Examples
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Caesar now cherished little hope that the old King would decide in favor of Rome; the events in Lampsacus were too fresh in every non-Roman mind-and who could blame the King if he could not face the idea of bequeathing his realm to the likes of Gaius Verres?
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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I recall considering in my mind the idea of bequeathing my tame squirrel to
In the Valley Harold Frederic 1877
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Without this combined effort, bequeathing the American Dream to future generations will remain just an eloquent rhetorical flourish.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011
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Social Security's rules induce low income households to save very little through retirement, thereby preventing them bequeathing wealth to their children -- unlike children of rich families.
Jagadeesh Gokhale: Social Security Ponzi Scheme? Perhaps, but That's Not the Problem Jagadeesh Gokhale 2011
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Without this combined effort, bequeathing the American Dream to future generations will remain just an eloquent rhetorical flourish.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011
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Do you think future generations will laud us for bequeathing them such a debt?
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With no long-term perspective, we have bred an irresponsible culture, squandering resources and bequeathing our children an altered climate and fragile ecology.
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Social Security's rules induce low income households to save very little through retirement, thereby preventing them bequeathing wealth to their children -- unlike children of rich families.
Jagadeesh Gokhale: Social Security Ponzi Scheme? Perhaps, but That's Not the Problem Jagadeesh Gokhale 2011
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In one sequence, we hear his father's furious outburst when he finds out that his demented mother is bequeathing her lovely French home to a charlatan who wants to turn it into a New Age retreat.
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Do you think future generations will laud us for bequeathing them such adebt?
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