释义 |
beˈqueathing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of leaving by will; fig. handing down to posterity; also concr. a legacy, bequest.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 131 The bequeathing of that hord of sprightfulness. 1768Blackstone Comm. II. 491 The power of bequeathing. 1855Browning Men & Women, Saul II. 123 His rents, the successive bequeathings of ages untold. |