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单词 bequest
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•quest /bɪˈkwɛst/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the act of bequeathing.
  2. an item bequeathed to another:[countable]a substantial bequest to his favorite charity.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•quest  (bi kwest′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a disposition in a will.
  2. a legacy:A small bequest allowed her to live independently.
  • 1250–1300; Middle English biqueste, biquyste, equivalent. to bi- be- + quiste will, bequest, Old English -cwis(se) (with excrescent t, as in behest), noun, nominal derivative of cwethan to say; on the model of bequethen bequeath

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bequest /bɪˈkwɛst/ n
  1. the act of bequeathing
  2. something that is bequeathed
Etymology: 14th Century: be- + Old English -cwiss degree; see bequeath
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