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testament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.

Capable of being bequeathed.

The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller.

The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.

old p. p. of Bequeath. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." Swift. What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine Shak.

Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance. Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece. To leave alone. (a) To leave in solitude. (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone. -- To leave off. (a) To desist from; to forbear; to stop; as…

One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy. Dryden.

dvantage; an occasional offering. [Obs.] "Tithes and other obventions." Spenser. Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and obventions. Fuller.

a will. -- Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

A stand, or case, for pen and ink. I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift.

Bequeathed by will; given by testament. How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury.

Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct. The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church, as the usufructuary property of all its members. Coleridge.

To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch.