0 past simple and past participle of bequeath
1 to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death:
Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.
All three were bequeathed everything they brought into the marriage.
It is the overall nature of the legacy being bequeathed to a newer generation of practitioners in urban history that matters.
Some sons had to pay for the land they received from parents, and many sons were not bequeathed land.
This is evident in the frequency with which they bequeathed their capital to their families and founded chaplaincies to benefit their relatives.
This is particularly interesting because, as indicated above, the former bequeathed the concept around which he built a critical career.
During one depression (in 1342) a grocer was able to lend £40 to a knight, and while the horizons were closing, in 1410, another bequeathed £1,000.
That undoubtedly bequeathed a less radicalised atmosphere when the transition came.
That ensures that the ratio of bequeathed wealth to income tends to remain stable, no matter how much income might rise.
