Definition for BE-QUEATH'

BE-QUEATH', v.t. [Sax. becwæthan; be and cwethan, to say; cwid, a saying, opinion, will, testament; cythan, to testify; Eng. quoth.]

To give or leave by will; to devise some species of property by testament; as, to bequeath an estate or a legacy.

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