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< legate
legatine >
leg·a·tee
(l
g
-t
)
KEY
NOUN:
The inheritor of a legacy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From
legate
,
to bequeath
, from Latin
l
g
re
, l
g
t-
; see
legacy
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