| Bequest 1. (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B. 2. (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift. 3. (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. Thesaurus Entries attested copy, bequeathal, birthright, borough-English, codicil, coheirship, coparcenary, devise, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture, primogeniture, probate, reversion, succession, testament, ultimogeniture, will |