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1 κληροδοτώ
bequeathΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > κληροδοτώ
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2 ἀπολείπω
A leave over or behind,οὐδ' ἀπέλειπεν ἔγκατα Od.9.292
, cf. Heraclit.56, etc.; D.; bequeath, Test. Epict.2.3, cf. Mosch.3.97; ἀ. κληρονόμον leave as one's heir, POxy. 105.3 (ii A.D.); bequeath to posterity, of writings, D.L.8.58, cf. 7.54.2 leave hold of, lose,ψυχάν Pi.P.3.101
(tm.);βίον S.Ph.
(lyr., tm.); (lyr.): conversely, (lyr.). 3. leave behind in the race, distance: generally, surpass, X.Cyr.8.3.25, Lys.2.4;τινὰ περί τι Isoc.4.50
:—more freq. in [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., v. infr. 4. leave undisputed: hence, admit, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.173, Phld.Piet.17, S.E.M.7.55, D.L.7.54;αἰτίαν νόσων ἀ. τὸ αἷμα MenoIatr.11.43
; [ὁ Διοκλῆς] τὴν φρόνησιν περὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἀ. Herod.
[voice] Med. in Rh.Mus.49.540.5. leave, allow,ὑπερβολὴν οὐδὲ ταῖς ἑταίραις Jul.Or.7.210d
.II desert, abandon, one's post, etc., οὐδ' ἀπολείπουσιν κοῖλον δόμον, of bees, Il.12.169, cf. Hdt.8.41, al.; ἀ. (sc. τὴν πολιορκίην) Id.7.170; τὴν ξυμμαχίαν, τὴν ξυνωμοσίαν, Th.3.9,64; of persons, ; ξεῖνον πατρώϊον ἀ. leave him in the lurch, Thgn.521;ἀπολιπὼν οἴχεται Hdt.3.48
, cf. 5.103, Ar.Ra. 83; of a wife, desert her husband, And.4.14, D.30.4 (not of the husband, Luc.Sol.9); of sailors, desert,τὴν ναῦν D.50.14.2
. c. inf., ἀ. τούτους κακῶς γηράσκειν leave them to grow old, X.Oec. 1.22.3. leave undone or unsaid,ὅσα ἀπέλιπε κτείνων τε καὶ διώκων.. σφέα ἀπετέλεσε Hdt.5.92
.ή; ὕβρεως οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν ἀ. D.54.4
, cf. Pl.R. 420a; omit, συχνὰ ἀπολείπω ib. 509c.III leave open, leave a space,ἀ. μεταίχμιον οὐ μέγα Hdt.6.77
;ἀ. ὡς πλέθρον X.An. 6.5.11
; μικρὸν ἀ. leaving a small interval, Hero Aut.27.1.IV intr., cease, fail, ; opp. γίνεται, Diog.Apoll.7; of rivers, fall, sink, Hdt.2.14,93;ἀ. τὸ ῥέεθρον Id.2.19
;τῆς θαλάττης τὰ μὲν ἀπολειπούσης, τὰ δ' ἐπιούσης Arist.Mete. 353a22
; of swallows,δι' ἔτεος ἐόντες οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι Hdt.2.22
; of youth, begin to decay, X.Smp.8.14; fail, flag, lose heart, Id.Cyr.4.2.3; of the moon, wane, Arist.APo.0.98a33.2 c. gen., to be wanting of or in a thing,προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ. Th.8.22
, cf. Pl.R. 533a: freq. of numbers,μηδὲν ἀ. τῶν πέντε κτλ. Id.Lg. 828b
;τῶν εἴκοσιν ὀλίγον ἀ. Arist.HA 573b16
, etc.; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting three fingers of four cubits, Hdt.1.60, cf. 7.117; : c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, Hdt.7.9.ά; βραχὺ ἀ. διακόσιαι γενέσθαι Th.7.70
; ;ἡ πόλις μικρὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἔρημος εἶναι Plu. Tim.
I.3 c. part., leave off doing,ἀ. λέγων X.Oec.6.1
: abs., ὅθεν ἀπέλιπες from the point at which.., Pl.Grg. 497c, cf. Phd. 78b, Is.5.12.B [voice] Med. ([tense] aor. ἀπελιπόμην in A.R.1.399 (tm.)), like [voice] Act.1.1, bequeath to posterity, Hdt.2.134 codd.; cf. ἀπολείψεται· ἐάσεται, Hsch.C [voice] Pass., to be left behind, stay behind, Th.7.75 (v. l. for ὑπο-) X. Cyr.1.4.20; ; to be unable to follow an argument, be at a loss, Pl.Tht. 192d.2 to be distanced by, inferior to,ἀ. [ἀπὸ] τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων Diocl.Fr.145
; to be inferior,ἔν τισι Isoc.12.61
.II to be absent or distant from, c. gen.,πολὺ τῆς ἀληθηΐης ἀπολελειμμένοι Hdt.2.106
, cf. Pl.R. 475d; (lyr.): c. gen. pers., X.Mem.4.2.40, Pl.Smp. 192d: abs., E.Or. 80, Pl.Phdr. 240c; to be deprived of,τοῦ σοῦ.. μὴ ἀπολείπεσθαι τάφου S.El. 1169
;πατρῴας μὴ ἀ. χθονός E.Med.35
;τῶν πρὶν ἀπολειφθεὶς φρενῶν Id.Or. 216
.2 to be wanting in, fall short of,ὅτι τοῦ σκώπτειν ἀπελείφθη Ar.Eq. 525
; τοῖς ἀπολειφθεῖσι (sc.τῆς παιδείας D.18.128
, cf. Isoc.12.209; ἀπολειφθεὶς ἠμῶν without our cognizance, D.19.36; to be left in ignorance of..,Id.
27.2; καιροῦ ἀ. miss the opportunity, Id.34.38, cf. Isoc.3.19; θεάματος, ἑορτῆς ἀ., Luc.DMar.15.1, Sacr.1;εἰσβολῆς Isoc.14.31
.3 remain to be done, Plb.3.39.12: impers., ἀπολείπεται λέγειν, διδάσκειν, D.L.7.85, S.E.M.7.1.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀπολείπω
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3 καταλείπω
+ V 59-70-70-27-63=289 Gn 2,24; 7,23; 14,10; 33,15; 39,12A: to leave [τινα] Gn 2,24; id. [τι] Gn 39,12; to leave some of sth [ἀπό τινος] Ex 16,20; to bequeath to sb[τί τινι] Ps 48(49),11; to forsake [τι] Dt 29,24; id. [τινα] Sir 13,4P: to be left, to remain Gn 7,23; to be left behind Gn 14,10; to be left Ex 12,10Cf. HARL 1986a, 136-137; HELBING 1907, 96; LE BOULLUEC 1989, 371; WEVERS 1993, 722 -
4 διατάσσω
A (i B. C.), prob. in OGI326.27 ([place name] Teos):— appoint or ordain severally, dispose,εὖ δὲ ἕκαστα ἀθανάτοις διέταξε Hes.Th.74
;ἀνθρώποισι νόμον δ. Id.Op. 276
; appoint to separate offices,δ. τοὺς μὲν οἰκίας οἰκοδομέειν, τοὺς δὲ δορυφόρους εἶναι Hdt.1.114
;δ. τι εἶναι Pl.Ti. 45b
;τίνας εἶναι χρεὼν τῶν ἐπιστημῶν.. ἡ πολιτικὴ δ. Arist.EN 1094b1
: abs., make arrangements,πρὸς τὸ συμπῖπτον ἀεὶ δ. X.Cyr.8.5.16
:—[voice] Med., arrange for oneself, classify, Pl.Phdr. 271b;τινὶ περί τινος Plb.5.21.1
; undertake, pledge oneself, πρός τινα c. [tense] fut. inf., ib.14.11; also in act. sense,περὶ θυσιῶν OGI331.53
(Pergam.):—[voice] Pass., to be appointed, constituted, Pl.Lg. 932a; παρὰ τὰ -τεταγμένα contrary to orders, BGU1022.17 (ii A. D.): c. inf., v.l. in Hdt.1.110: c. acc.,δ. γῆν
to be appointed to cultivate,POxy.
899.22 (200 A. D.).2 esp. draw up an army, set in array, Hdt.6.107, Th.4.103;διέταξε χωρὶς ἑκάστους εἶναι Hdt.1.103
:—[voice] Med., posting themselves in battle-order,Ar.
V. 360, Th.8.104, X.HG7.1.20:—[tense] pf. [voice] Pass., to be in battleorder,Hdt.
7.178, Th.4.31;διετέτακτο Hdt.6.112
(but in med. sense, J.AJ12.5.4).II [voice] Med., make teslamentary dispositions,περί τινος Plu.2.1129a
; order by will, c. inf., AP11.133 (Lucill.); bequeath, BGU1151.6 (i B. C.):—[voice] Pass., to be bequeathed, PFay.97.13 (i A. D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > διατάσσω
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5 καταλείπω
καταλείπω, later [full] καταλιμπάνω (q.v.), [dialect] Ep. also [full] καλλείπω Il.10.238: [tense] fut.Aκαλλείψω 14.89
: [tense] aor.κάλλῐπον 12.92
: [tense] aor. 1 subj.καλλείψῃς Q.S.10.299
; part.καλλείψας Nonn.D.32.130
;καταλείψας Luc. DMeretr.7.3
; [dialect] Ion. iterat. καταλίπεσκε (κατελίπεσκε, καταλειπέεσκε codd.) Hdt.4.78: [tense] pf. :—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. καταλείψομαι (in pass. sense) X.An.5.6.12: [tense] aor. 2- ελιπόμην Hdt.3.34
, Pl. Smp. 209d (in pass. sense, Berl.Sitzb.1927.161 ([place name] Cyrene)):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.καταλειφθήσομαι Isoc.15.7
, 17.1:— leave behind,πὰρ δ' ἄρ' ὄχεσφιν ἄλλον.. κάλλιπεν Il.12.92
; esp. of persons dying or going into a far country, ;οὖρον.. κατέλειπον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσιν Od.15.89
; ; so later, ;φύλακον κ. τινά Id.1.113
, cf. 2.103:—[voice] Med., καταλείπεσθαι παῖδας leave behind one, Pl.Smp.l.c., cf. Hdt.3.34, etc.:— [voice] Pass., to be left, remain behind,κατελέλειπτο ἐν Πέρσῃσι Hdt.1.209
, cf. 7.170, X.An.5.6.12: c. gen., [ στρατὸς] καταλελειμμένος τοῦ ἄλλου στρατοῦ a force left behind the rest, Hdt.9.96.2 bequeath, [ τόξον]παιδὶ κάλλιπ' ἀποθνῄσκων Od.21.33
: metaph., , cf. 11.279; ;τοῖς θρέψασι λύπας Lys.2.70
; παισὶν αἰδῶ οὐ Χρυσὸν κ. Pl.Lg. 729b: c. inf., εἰ καταλείψει μηδὲ ταφῆναι not enough to be buried with, Ar.Pl. 556:—[voice] Pass., [ Χρήματα]καταλειφθέντα Is.1.45
.b κ. διαθήκας leave a will (when going on service), Id.9.14.3 [voice] Med., leave in a certain state,κόλπον βαθὺν καταλιπόμενος τοῦ κιθῶνος Hdt.6.125
.II forsake, abandon, οὕτω δὴ μέμονας Τρώων πόλιν.. καλλείψειν; Il.14.89, cf. 22.383; πολλοὺς καταλείψομεν we shall leave many upon the field, 12.226;ὤ μοι, εἰ μέν κε λίπω κάτα τεύχεα 17.91
;κὰδ δέ κεν εὐχωλὴν Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ λίποιεν Ἀργείην Ἑλένην 2.160
: c. inf., ; σχεδίην ἀνέμοισι φέρεσθαι κ. 5.344;μέλη.. θηρσὶν βοράν E.Supp.46
(lyr.); ;μή με καταλίπῃς μόνον S.Ph. 809
;οἰκίας τε καὶ ἱερά Th. 2.16
; πατέρας καὶ ξυγγενεῖς ἀτίμους κ. Id.3.58; κ. τὴν δίαιταν not to appear at the trial, Test. ap. D.21.93.III leave remaining,ὀκτὼ μόνον X.An.6.3.5
codd.; κ. ἄφοδον leave an exit, ib.4.2.11:—[voice] Med.,κ. στενὴν διέξοδον Pl.Ti. 73e
; - λείπεσθαι ἑαυτῷ reserve for oneself, X.Mem.1.1.8;ὑπερβολὴν οὐ κ. Χαρᾶς Plb.16.23.4
, cf. 16.25.6:—[voice] Pass., to be left, remain, τίς ἔτι ἡδονὴ -λείπεται; Lys.2.71, cf. Ep.Hebr.4.1, etc.; of the remainder in calculations, PPetr.3p.326, al. (iii B.C.), Nicom.Ar.1.13.13, etc.: impers. καταλείπεται c. inf., it remains that.., τὸν κόσμον κ. ἀθάνατον εἶμεν Aristaeusap.Stob.1.20.6, cf. D.Chr.37.16, etc.; - λείπεται μάχη yet remains to be fought, X.Cyr.2.3.11.b leave undisputed,τὰς παραλλαγάς Phld.Sign.24
: hence, admit, allow the truth of a doctrine, Id.Po.5.34, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.13:—[voice] Pass., Phld.Piet. 80.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καταλείπω
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6 προκαταλείπω
A bequeath before, PMasp.3.19 (vi A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προκαταλείπω
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7 ἀρτύω
Aἤρτῠον Hom.
(v. infr.), the only tenses in Hom.: [tense] fut. ἀρτύσω [ῡ] S.Fr. 1122: [tense] aor.ἤρτῡσα Hdt.1.12
, Cratin. 303: [tense] pf. ἤρτῡκα ([etym.] κατ-) A.Eu. 473:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.ἤρτῡμαι Pherecr.
, Eup., Hp., v. infr.: [tense] aor. ἠρτύθην [ῡ] Ruf. ap. Orib.4.2.4: in [dialect] Att. this Verb is chiefly used in compds. with κατά and ἐξ: (cf. ἀραρίσκω):—like ἀρτύνω, arrange, prepare, make ready, of things requiring skill or cunning, e.g. of a smith,τὰ δ' ἤρτυε Il.18.379
;σοὶ δὲ.. δόλον ἤρτυε Od.11.439
;τῷδ' ἤρτυεν.. ὄλεθρον 16.448
, cf. 20.242;γάμον.. ἀρτύει 4.771
;ἤρτυσαν τὴν ἐπιβουλήν Hdt.1.12
;φόνον τινί Plb.15.25.2
.II in culinary sense, dress savoury meat, season, S.Fr. 1122, Cratin.303;ἀ. τὰ ὄψα Arist.EN 1118a29
:—[voice] Pass.,κίχλαι.. εἰς ἀνάβραστ' ἠρτυμέναι Pherecr.108.23
;ὄψῳ πονηρῷ πολυτελῶς ἠρτυμένῳ Eup.335
;τὰ πρὸς ἡδονὴν ἠρτυμένα Hp.VM14
;ἠρτυμένος οἶνος Thphr.Od.51
.IV bequeath, Tab.Heracl.1.106. -
8 ἐπανατίθημι
A lay upon,ἐπαναθῶ σοι καὶ ξύλον Ar.V. 148
: metaph., shift a burden, PSI4.286.7 (iii/iv A.D.): —[voice] Pass., μείζων δύναμις ἐ. τινί is entrusted to him, Pl.Lg. 926d.II [voice] Med., shift one's position, of patients under operation, Gal.18(2).425.III [voice] Med., bequeath, PLips.29.7 (iii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπανατίθημι
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9 ἐπικαταλείπω
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10 ἐπιτρέπω
ἐπιτρέπ-ω, [dialect] Ion. [suff] ἐπιτρεπ-τράπω [pron. full] [ᾰ] Hdt.3.81: [tense] fut. - τρέψω; [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3pl.A- τρέψοντι Pi.O.6.21
; Cret. inf. ,5024.12: [tense] aor. I- έτρεψα Il.10.116
, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 - έτραπον ib. 59 : [tense] pf.- τέτρᾰφα Plb.30.6.6
:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. - τρέψομαι (v.l. -τράψ-) Hdt.3.155 : [tense] aor. 2- ετρᾰπόμην Od.9.12
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. - τετράψομαι Pisistr. ap. D.L.1.54 : [tense] aor. I ; [dialect] Ion. -ετράφθην, part.- τραφθείς Hdt.1.7
: [tense] aor. 2 - ετράπην [pron. full] [ᾰ] Th.5.31 : [tense] pf. (v. infr. 1.6):—prop. to turn to or towards, used by Hom.in [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Med., σοὶ.. θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο εἴρεσθαι thy mind inclined itself to ask, Od.9.12.3 commit, entrust to another as trustee, guardian, or vicegerent,οἱ.. ἐπέτρεπεν οἶκον ἅπαντα 2.226
;ἐπιτρέψειας ἕκαστα δμῳάων [ἐκείνῃ] ἥ τις..ἀρίστη 15.24
, cf. Il.17.509 ; θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι leave it to them, Od.22.289, cf. 19.502 ; so κάκοισι θῦμον ἐπιτρέπην ([dialect] Aeol. inf.) Alc. 35.1 ;σμικραῖς ἑαυτοὺς ἐ. ἐλπίσιν E.Fr. 921
; freq. in Prose, ἐ. τινὶ τὰπρήγματα Hdt.6.26
;τὴν πόλιν Id.4.202
;Νάξον Λυγδάμι Id.1.64
;τὰ πάντα Th.2.65
;πλεῖστα τῷ ἀλογίστῳ Id.5.99
;τὴν ἀρχήν X.An.6.1.31
, etc.; also a son for education, Pl.La. 200d: c. dat. et inf.,τινά τινι γερονταγωγεῖν Ar.Eq. 1098
: freq. in [dialect] Att., refer a legal issue to any one,τινὶ δίαιταν D.59.45
; ; οἷς (attracted for ἃ) ἂν ἐπιτρέψωσιν οἱ δὲ τάξωσι, τούτοις ἐμμένειν, i.e. acquiesce in the court and abide by its decision, ib. 784c (for the constr. cf. And.3.34 fin.).4 c. dat. only, rely upon, leave to,τοῖσιν γὰρ ἐπετράπομέν γε μάλιστα Il.10.59
;ἐπιτρέψαι δὲ θεοῖσιν Od.21.279
;ἐ. τῇ ὀλιγαρχίῃ Hdt.3.81
; ὥς οἱ (sc. ἰατρῷ) ἐπέτρεψε ib. 130 : c. dat. et inf., σοὶ ἐπέτρεψεν πονέεσθαι he left it to you to work, Il.10.116, cf. 421, Hdt.9.10 : freq. in [dialect] Att., refer the matter to a person, leave it to his arbitration, Ar.Ach. 1115, V. 521, Ra. 811 ; τινὶ δικαστῇ to one as a judge, Th.4.83 ;τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖς μαντείῳ Id.1.28
;ἐ. τῷ θεῷ περί τινος Pl.Grg. 512e
, cf. Alc.1.117e ;ὑμῖν ἐπιτρέπω καὶ τῷ θεῷ κρῖναι Id.Ap.35d
; Ἀθηναίοις ἐ. περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου to leave their case to the A. save as to the penalty of death, Th.4.54 ;περὶ ὧν διαφερόμεθα τοῖς οἰκείοις ἐ. D. 27.1
:—[voice] Pass., .5 [voice] Med., entrust oneself, leave one's case to,τινί Hdt.1.96
;διαιτητῇ Id.5.95
, cf. X.An.1.5.8 ; also, to entrust what is one's own to another, Hdt.3.155, 157.6 [voice] Pass., to be entrusted, ᾧ λαοί τ' ἐπιτετράφαται ([ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf. for ἐπιτετραμμένοι εἰσί) Il.2.25 ; τῇς (sc. Ὥραις) ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανός heaven's gate is committed to them (to open and to shut), 5.750, cf. Hdt.3.142 ; ὑπό τινων ἐπιτρεφθῆναι (sc. ἰατρῷ), of a patient, Antipho 4.3.5 : c. acc. rei, ἐπιτρέπομαί τι I am entrusted with a thing,ἐπιτραφθέντες τὴν ἀρχήν Hdt.1.7
;ἐπιτετραμμένοι τὴν φυλακήν Th.1.126
.II give up, yield,Ποσειδάωνι δὲ νίκην πᾶσαν ἐπέτρεψας Il.21.473
; later ἐ. τινί c. inf., permit, suffer, Ar.Pl. 1078, Pl.Chrm. 171e, etc.: c. acc. et inf., X.An.7.7.8 ; alsoἐ. Θηβαίοις αὐτονόμους εἶναι Id.HG6.3.9
;οὐδενὶ ἐ. κακῷ εἶναι Id.An.3.2.31
;ἐ. ἀδικέοντι τῷ ἀδελφεῷ Hdt.2.120
;μὴ ἐ. τῷ ἀσεβοῦντι Pl.Euthphr.5e
: abs., give way, Pi.O.6.21, Ar.Nu. 799, Pl. 915, Th.1.71, Pl.Ap. 35b:— [voice] Pass., ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπιτραπῆναι without leave, POxy.474.40 (ii A.D.).2 intr., give way,οὐ μὲν ἐπέτρεπε γήραϊ λυγρῷ Il.10.79
; indulge,μὴ πάντα ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπίτρεπε Hdt.3.36
;ταις ἡδοναῖς καὶ ἐπιθυμίαις Pl.Lg. 802c
;τῇ ὀργῇ D.H.7.45
.III command,τὴν μὲν [τάξιν] ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ ἐπέτρεψεν ἐφέπεσθαι X.An.6.5.11
: elsewh. c. dat., PLond.3.1173.3 (ii A.D.), etc.:—[voice] Pass.,ἐπετράπην ὑπὸ σοῦ POxy.51.5
(ii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπιτρέπω
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bequeath — *will, devise, leave, legate Analogous words: *give, present, bestow: *distribute, dispense … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bequeath — [v] give in a will bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, hand on, impart, leave, leave to, legate, pass on, transmit, will; concepts 108,317 Ant. take … New thesaurus
bequeath — ► VERB 1) leave (property) to someone by a will. 2) hand down or pass on. ORIGIN Old English, related to QUOTH(Cf. ↑quoth) … English terms dictionary
bequeath — [bē kwēth′, bēkwēth′; bikwēth′, bikwēth′] vt. bequeathed, bequeathing [ME bequethen < OE becwethan, to declare, give by will < be , BE + cwethan, to say: see QUOTH] 1. to leave (property) to another by last will and testament 2. to hand… … English World dictionary
bequeath — UK [bɪˈkwiːð] / US [bɪˈkwɪð] / US [bɪˈkwɪθ] verb [transitive] Word forms bequeath : present tense I/you/we/they bequeath he/she/it bequeaths present participle bequeathing past tense bequeathed past participle bequeathed formal to give someone… … English dictionary
bequeath — [[t]bɪkwi͟ːð[/t]] bequeaths, bequeathing, bequeathed 1) VERB If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die. [FORMAL] [V n n] Fields s will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the… … English dictionary
bequeath — be|queath [bıˈkwi:ð, bıˈkwi:θ] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: becwethan, from cwethan to say ] 1.) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death = ↑leave bequeath sth to sb ▪ She bequeathed her collection of… … Dictionary of contemporary English