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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bequest
    n 1: (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest,
         legacy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bequest \Be*quest"\, n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide;
   pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becwe[eth]an to bequeath. The
   ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See
   Bequeath, Quest.]
   1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest
      of property by A. to B.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a
      legacy; also, a gift.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bequest \Be*quest"\, v. t.
   To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [Obs.] "All I have to
   bequest." --Gascoigne.
   [1913 Webster]

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

BEQUEST. A gift by last will or testament; a legacy. (q. v.) This word is 
sometimes, though improperly used, as synonymous with devise. There is, 
however, a distinction between them. A bequest is applied, more properly, to 
a gift by will of a legacy, that is, of personal property; devise is 
properly a gift by testament of real property. Vide Devise.

Thesaurus Results for Bequest:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

attested copy, bequeathal, birthright, borough-English, codicil, coheirship, coparcenary, devise, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture, primogeniture, probate, reversion, succession, testament, ultimogeniture, will

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