If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die. He bequeathed all his silver to his children. = leave
If you bequeath an idea or system, you leave it for other people to use or develop. He bequeaths his successor an economy that is doing quite well It is true that colonialism did not bequeath much to Africa
To leave an item of personal property to a certain person in a will (see "Devise," which refers to gifts of land in this context)
bequeathed
Turkish pronunciation
bıkwitht
Pronunciation
/bəˈkwēᴛʜt/ /bəˈkwiːθt/
Etymology
[ bi-'kwEth, -'kwE[th] ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English bequethen, from Old English becwethan, from be- + cwethan to say; more at QUOTH.