bequeath

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈkwiːθ/|/bɪˈkwiːð/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  2. To hand down; to transmit.
    — Ownership of manufacturing workshops is not essential to that job; but BR happen to have been bequeathed a considerable number with a proud history.
  3. To give; to offer; to commit.
    — These young gay men and lesbians were more militant and began to reject advice from the homophile movement to try to "fit into" society, not to make waves, and to rely on professionals and establishment figures to bequeath them social rights.

词形变化

bequeaths present,singular,third-person bequeathing participle,present bequeathed past bequoth obsolete,past bequeathed participle,past bequoth obsolete,participle,past bequethen participle,past,rare bequothen obsolete,participle,past

词汇关系

近义词
leave
衍生词
bequeathable bequeathal bequeather bequeathment unbequeathed
相关词
quethe quoth bequest

词源

From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”). Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.
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