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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bequeath.

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Examples

  • Franklin bequeathed £1,000 (about $4,400 at the time) each to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia, in trust to gather interest for 200 years.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » John +12 Speaks 2008

  • The one good thing in her life is her tenure as the reigning queen of Lake Charles, Louisiana's Contraband Days festival, an exalted title bequeathed to her by her late mother that entitles her to wear the tiara made by her great-times-four grandfather.

    Archive 2007-11-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2007

  • The one good thing in her life is her tenure as the reigning queen of Lake Charles, Louisiana's Contraband Days festival, an exalted title bequeathed to her by her late mother that entitles her to wear the tiara made by her great-times-four grandfather.

    Review: Bobbie Faye's Very (Very, Very, Very) Bad Day tinylittlelibrarian 2007

  • For he clung to his reputation, to the name bequeathed to him by his ancestors; and if his death awakened any suspicion people's thoughts might be, perhaps, directed toward the mysterious crime, toward the murderer who could not be found, and they would not hesitate to accuse him of the crime.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • For he clung to his reputation, to the name bequeathed to him by his ancestors; and if his death awakened any suspicion people's thoughts might be, perhaps, directed toward the mysterious crime, toward the murderer who could not be found, and they would not hesitate to accuse him of the crime.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 03 Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • From these lower steps of the ladder the young man would certainly rise to the higher ranks of the administration, possessed of a fortune and a name bequeathed to him in

    Bureaucracy Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Fortunately, the answer is no, for in the legacy that Tag bequeathed us is a most remarkable piece of technology: the human brain, which remains state-of-the-art.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

  • Fortunately, the answer is no, for in the legacy that Tag bequeathed us is a most remarkable piece of technology: the human brain, which remains state-of-the-art.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

  • Fortunately, the answer is no, for in the legacy that Tag bequeathed us is a most remarkable piece of technology: the human brain, which remains state-of-the-art.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

  • Fortunately, the answer is no, for in the legacy that Tag bequeathed us is a most remarkable piece of technology: the human brain, which remains state-of-the-art.

    The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008

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