Definition of bequest

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be·quest    (b-kwst) KEY 

NOUN:

1. The act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another.
2. Something that is bequeathed; a legacy.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English biquest (influenced by biquethen, to bequeath) : bi-, be- + quist, will (from Old English -cwis, as in andcwis, answer; see g^wet- in Indo-European roots)