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bequeath

v.
US //bɪˈkwiθ// UK //bɪkwˈiːθ// be·queath
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From Middle English biquethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak, to address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), equivalent to be- + quethe. Cognate with Old Frisian biquetha.

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