bequeath

How To Use bequeath In A Sentence

• 'I knew a case once where an heir who expected a large sum of money was bequeathed a family Bible, which he threw into the fire, learning afterwards, to his dismay, that it contained many thousands of pounds in Bank of England notes, the object of the devisor being to induce the legatee to read the good Book or suffer through the neglect of it.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
• And if you're really lucky, it will tell you who they bequeathed their money to. The Sun
• If the executors do not appear, but the claimant can prove by inquest that the testator bequeathed him the tenement, it shall be delivered to him.
• She bequeathed her collection of paintings to the National Gallery.
• Mary and Elizabeth did not obtain landed patrimonies because their father bequeathed them estates in his will. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
• Aside from the inheritance proper, a will could contain legacies whereby things were bequeathed by a single title and by express words; they could be imperative or precative. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
• He had by a second will bequeathed all his possessions to the Church, reserving in them a life-interest for his virtual wife; and when the cousinry swooped down on what they thought their prey, Madame Mulhausen could receive them and their condolences with the indignant scorn which their greed and cruelty deserved. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
• Hurricane Katrina ‘is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children.’
• Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.
• The Standish Collection was bequeathed to King Louis-Philippe of France and was eventually sold in London in 1853.