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unbeˈqueathed, ppl. a. Also 5 unbequethyn, -queithen, 6 -queith. [un-1 8 and 8 b.] Not bequeathed. α1483in Somerset Med. Wills (1901) 243 My money and plate that remayneth unbequethyn to be kept by my seid executours. 1494[see unbeset]. 1521in Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 4 The residew of..my goodes unbequeith I freely gif unto Jenett my wif. 1553Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 141 The Resydew off all my goods vnbequeith I gyue to my brother. βc1525Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc.) I. 3, I will and beqweth..all the residew of my goodes unbeqwethed unto the mariage of my son. 1544Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) I. 42, I gyffe all my goodes unbequythed to the usse of Richard my sonne. a1613Overbury Characters (1615) H j b, He croakes like a raven against the death of rich men, and so gets a Legacy vnbequeath'd. 1618in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 253 He hath..given him the residue of his goods unbequeathed. 1655Fuller Hist. Cambr. (1840) 214 She left..five thousand pounds, besides her goods unbequeathed, for the erection of a College. 1829S. H. Cassan Lives Bps. Bath & Wells 224 The residue, unbequeathed, was applied to the Vicars' Close at Wells. 1846Grote Greece ii. vi. (1862) II. 475 Conflicting claims at law for the hand of an unbequeathed orphan heiress. fig.1622May Heir ii. D j, Her Ladies heart doe yet stand free And vnbequeath'd to any. |