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bequeath

IPA pronunciation: /bɪˈkwiːð/

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Russian meaning

Завещать, передавать потомству

English definition

Leave a personal estate or body of work to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

Example

Pioneering physicists bequeathed an invaluable foundation for contemporary mechanics.

Collocations

bequeath an estate
bequeath knowledge
bequeath to posterity

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