bequeathv.

/bɪˈkwiːð/

Forms: Old English bi-, becweðan, Middle English bi-, byqueðen, byqueþe(n, byquethe(n, Middle English–1500s bequethe, Middle English beqweth(e, 1500s bequeath(e, northern bewit, bewytt, (Middle English bequete, bewheth(e, bewete, beqwithe, bequaythe, and innumerable illiterate spellings in wills). past tense 1500s– bequeathed; in Old English becwæð, Middle English bequað, Middle English bequeð, Middle English bequeþ, Middle English bequaad, Middle English bequath(e, bequaythed. past participle 1500s– bequeathed; in Old English becweden, Middle English bequeðe(n, Middle English bequethe(n, bequette, bewitt, bequothen, bequethed.

Etymology: Old English bi- , becweðan , < be- prefix 4 + cweðan to say: see queath v. and quoth v. An ancient word, the retention of which is due to the traditional language of wills. Originally, like its radical cweðan, a strong verb; but having only weak inflection since 1500. In northern dialect written in 15th cent. bewhethe, and variously perverted as -whete, -weth, -withe, -wite, -wit, -quite, -quit, which show the groping of popular etymology after some known verb to which the derivative might be referred.

I. To say, utter, declare.

†1.

a. transitive. To say, utter, express in words. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

OE Andreas (1932) 418 Gif ðu þegn sie þrymsittendes, wuldorcyninges, swa ðu worde becwist, rece þa gerynu, hu he reordberend lærde under lyfte.

c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxxviii. 44 [-ix. 51] Þæt þinum criste becweþað swiðe.

†b. Of language: To express, signify, mean.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)]

tokenc888

meaneOE

sayOE

bequeathc1175

signifya1382

beara1400

bemeana1400

soundc1400

designc1429

applyc1450

betoken1502

express1526

conveya1568

intend1572

carry1584

denotate1597

pronounce1610

to set out1628

implya1640

speak1645

denote1668

designate1741

describe1808

enunciate1859

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Ic ou wile seggen word efter word and þermide hwat þet word bi-queþ.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Hwet þeo saȝe bicweðe.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Alle cunne ower crede..þeih ȝe alle nuten hwat hit biqueðe.

†2. ? To speak about in sorrow, to bewail. Obsolete. (Or is this error for bigreden, or bigreithen?)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]

sorroweOE

meaneOE

bemournOE

mournOE

bemoanc1000

ofthink?c1225

bequeatha1325

moana1325

plain1340

wail1362

bewailc1374

complainc1374

waymenta1400

grievec1400

sorrowa1425

regratec1480

lament1535

deplore1567

dole1567

condole1607

pine1667

rave1810

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2448 De liches beðen And smeren and winden and bi-queðen.

II. To ‘say (a thing) away’; to give or part with by formal declaration.

†3. To assign, ordain, appoint, allot, give as an attribute (a thing to a person, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

givec1050

bequeatha1325

ordaina1325

assign1340

sortc1374

sign1389

betakea1400

beteacha1400

remiss1525

allot1534

carve1578

divide1600

to set off1687

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 117 God bi-quuad watres here stede.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 79 Yet these belongers to body are helpful enough, wherewith to set forth the nature of the things to which we bequeath them.

4. To make a formal assignation of (property of which one is possessed) to any one,

†a. so as to pass to him at once: To transfer, hand over, make over, assign, deliver. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)]

assign1297

bequeathc1305

alienc1400

analy1405

releasea1425

alienate?a1475

to make over1478

convey1495

transport1523

to put over1542

dispone?1548

design1573

pass1587

to set over1594

transfer1598

abalienate1646

attorn1649

demise1670

enure1736

to will away1773

divest1790

c1305 Edmund Conf. 132 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 74 Þis catel þat ich biqueþe þis dede forto do.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xciv. 74 He had the reame..sauf he byquath and yafe it to his broder.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 102 Bequeath to Death your numnesse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 149 Wilt thou..Bequeath thy land to him, and follow me?

b. so as to pass to the recipient after one's death: To ‘leave’ by will. (The only surviving sense, for which it is the proper term.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)]

leaveOE

bequeath1066

queatha1325

let1340

dowc1374

bequest1394

wit1394

devise1395

give1420

willc1460

test1491

legacy1546

legate1546

league1623

legatee1797

1066 Chart. Eadweard in Cod. Dipl. IV. 191 Swa full fre and swa forð swa he it sainte Petre bequað.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 183 Gief þe quike haueð aihte þe were þe dedes ærrure þe he him biqueð.

c1393 G. Chaucer Gentilesse 17 There may noman..Beqweythe his heyre his vertuous noblesse.

1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 25 My godys..I be-quethe to Ione my wyfe.

1440 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 134 A speciall wille..in wheche I have bequothen and sette diverse thyngys to certenn persouns.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 31.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 23 He bequathe to his dowter all his Empire.

1443 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 106 I gyffe and bewhete..xl s.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 448/2 My grant mother byquaythed me a hundred pounde.

1587 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1868) IV. 28 I bewit to the gyld of Seynt John Baptiste in York vjs. viijd.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 137 Bequeathing it as a rich Legacie Vnto their issue.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. 28 Sums of money were..bequeathed to the priests.

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1882) ii. §6. 85 William had bequeathed Normandy to his eldest son, Robert.

c. figurative. To transmit (to posterity), to ‘leave’.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance

traduce1568

convey1592

bequeath1614

transmit1629

deduce1633

to hand down1722

to pass down1854

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §8. 490 Iaacob in his blessing prophetically bequeathed it.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 205. ⁋13 This narrative he has bequeathed to future generations.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 11 Antiquity has bequeathed to us nothing else that can be compared with them.

†5. To commit to, unto (any one) with recommendation to his acceptance or care; to commend, entrust. Also figurative. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person

bequeathc1225

commendc1386

recommandc1391

commanda1400

recommendc1405

remit?a1425

c1225 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 235 Louerd Godd, in hondes tine I biqueðe soule mine.

1436 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 75 I bewitt my saule to Gode Allmighty.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K4 Them therefore as bequeathing to the winde, I now depart.

?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. B^v To you black spirits I my woes bequeath.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 505 The Judges to the common Urn bequeath Their Votes.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 399 We to Flames our slaughter'd Friends bequeathe.

†6. gen. To deliver, bestow, give, yield, furnish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)]

forgivec900

giveOE

besetc1230

deala1250

i-yevec1275

to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386

yarka1400

wevec1400

yatec1400

administera1425

bequeathc1440

employa1492

exhibit1548

communicate1553

endue1587

cast1612

hand1650

to lay on1942

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 25 To whom god hath ȝevin and bequeþon..paradise.

1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. E3^v A niggards purse shall scarce bequeath his Maister a good dinner.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 That which bequeaths it this slow pace.

†7. reflexive. To commit oneself, give oneself up, devote oneself. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > devote or apply oneself

choosea1300

yield?a1366

givea1400

employ1439

applyc1450

poura1500

intend?1504

delivera1533

addict1534

bequeath1558

bend1591

devotea1616

devow1626

surrendera1732

puzzle1751

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. H.iiij This fleete at last..I see..I did myself bequeth thereto to flee.

1652 J. Evelyn State of France 87 Gentlemen, who generally so bequeath themselves to this service.

1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xvii. 166 Orpheus..bequeaths himself to a solitary life in the deserts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bequeath
释义	† bequeathn. Forms: Middle English byquide, Middle English bekuyde, bequide, Middle English beqweth, 1500s bequede, bequeth, 1600s bequeath. Etymology: < Old English bícwide, ˈbigcwide, quotable only in sense of ‘byword, proverb’ (compare bequeath v. 1), < bí- , emphatic form of bi- , be- prefix + cwide a sentence, a saying, cognate with Old Saxon quidi , Old High German chwiti < Germanic qidi-z , < qiþan* (Old Saxon quethan , queðan , Old English cweðan ) to say; past participle (with grammatical consonant-change) Old English cweden . In later times, gradually assimilated in form to bequeath v. Obsolete. 1. Byword, proverb. (Only in Old English). ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxviii. 37 Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas. 2. a. Bequest, testament, will. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > will witword?997 quideOE bequeath1297 testamentc1330 willc1400 intestement1463 latter will1540 testimonialc1616 settlement1815 script1850 test1890 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 384 Gret folc he sende also Fram Normandye to worry, & hys fader byquide vndo. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 38 Kueade exequitours of bekuydes. 1490 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. Rec. the full of the beqweth of Mother Belser xxxiijs. iiijd. 1527 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1854) 35 All the foresaid gyftes and bequedes. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 37 They may expresse more affection to one in the abundance of bequeathes. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 He hit ous let: at his [Christ's] yleaue nymynge and at his laste bequide. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. 11 Peace is that golden bequeath which Christ did leave us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bequeathv. /bɪˈkwiːð/ Forms: Old English bi-, becweðan, Middle English bi-, byqueðen, byqueþe(n, byquethe(n, Middle English–1500s bequethe, Middle English beqweth(e, 1500s bequeath(e, northern bewit, bewytt, (Middle English bequete, bewheth(e, bewete, beqwithe, bequaythe, and innumerable illiterate spellings in wills). past tense 1500s– bequeathed; in Old English becwæð, Middle English bequað, Middle English bequeð, Middle English bequeþ, Middle English bequaad, Middle English bequath(e, bequaythed. past participle 1500s– bequeathed; in Old English becweden, Middle English bequeðe(n, Middle English bequethe(n, bequette, bewitt, bequothen, bequethed. Etymology: Old English bi- , becweðan , < be- prefix 4 + cweðan to say: see queath v. and quoth v. An ancient word, the retention of which is due to the traditional language of wills. Originally, like its radical cweðan, a strong verb; but having only weak inflection since 1500. In northern dialect written in 15th cent. bewhethe, and variously perverted as -whete, -weth, -withe, -wite, -wit, -quite, -quit, which show the groping of popular etymology after some known verb to which the derivative might be referred. I. To say, utter, declare. †1. a. transitive. To say, utter, express in words. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Andreas (1932) 418 Gif ðu þegn sie þrymsittendes, wuldorcyninges, swa ðu worde becwist, rece þa gerynu, hu he reordberend lærde under lyfte. c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxxviii. 44 [-ix. 51] Þæt þinum criste becweþað swiðe. †b. Of language: To express, signify, mean. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 meaneOE sayOE bequeathc1175 signifya1382 beara1400 bemeana1400 soundc1400 designc1429 applyc1450 betoken1502 express1526 conveya1568 intend1572 carry1584 denotate1597 pronounce1610 to set out1628 implya1640 speak1645 denote1668 designate1741 describe1808 enunciate1859 read1894 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Ic ou wile seggen word efter word and þermide hwat þet word bi-queþ. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 133 Hwet þeo saȝe bicweðe. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Alle cunne ower crede..þeih ȝe alle nuten hwat hit biqueðe. †2. ? To speak about in sorrow, to bewail. Obsolete. (Or is this error for bigreden, or bigreithen?) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)] sorroweOE meaneOE bemournOE mournOE bemoanc1000 ofthink?c1225 bequeatha1325 moana1325 plain1340 wail1362 bewailc1374 complainc1374 waymenta1400 grievec1400 sorrowa1425 regratec1480 lament1535 deplore1567 dole1567 condole1607 pine1667 rave1810 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2448 De liches beðen And smeren and winden and bi-queðen. II. To ‘say (a thing) away’; to give or part with by formal declaration. †3. To assign, ordain, appoint, allot, give as an attribute (a thing to a person, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 117 God bi-quuad watres here stede. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 79 Yet these belongers to body are helpful enough, wherewith to set forth the nature of the things to which we bequeath them. 4. To make a formal assignation of (property of which one is possessed) to any one, †a. so as to pass to him at once: To transfer, hand over, make over, assign, deliver. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 c1305 Edmund Conf. 132 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 74 Þis catel þat ich biqueþe þis dede forto do. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xciv. 74 He had the reame..sauf he byquath and yafe it to his broder. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 102 Bequeath to Death your numnesse. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 149 Wilt thou..Bequeath thy land to him, and follow me? View more context for this quotation b. so as to pass to the recipient after one's death: To ‘leave’ by will. (The only surviving sense, for which it is the proper term.) ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] leaveOE bequeath1066 queatha1325 let1340 dowc1374 bequest1394 wit1394 devise1395 give1420 willc1460 test1491 legacy1546 legate1546 league1623 legatee1797 1066 Chart. Eadweard in Cod. Dipl. IV. 191 Swa full fre and swa forð swa he it sainte Petre bequað. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 183 Gief þe quike haueð aihte þe were þe dedes ærrure þe he him biqueð. c1393 G. Chaucer Gentilesse 17 There may noman..Beqweythe his heyre his vertuous noblesse. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 25 My godys..I be-quethe to Ione my wyfe. 1440 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 134 A speciall wille..in wheche I have bequothen and sette diverse thyngys to certenn persouns. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 31. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 23 He bequathe to his dowter all his Empire. 1443 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 106 I gyffe and bewhete..xl s. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 448/2 My grant mother byquaythed me a hundred pounde. 1587 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1868) IV. 28 I bewit to the gyld of Seynt John Baptiste in York vjs. viijd. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 137 Bequeathing it as a rich Legacie Vnto their issue. View more context for this quotation 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. 28 Sums of money were..bequeathed to the priests. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1882) ii. §6. 85 William had bequeathed Normandy to his eldest son, Robert. c. figurative. To transmit (to posterity), to ‘leave’. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance traduce1568 convey1592 bequeath1614 transmit1629 deduce1633 to hand down1722 to pass down1854 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §8. 490 Iaacob in his blessing prophetically bequeathed it. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 205. ⁋13 This narrative he has bequeathed to future generations. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 11 Antiquity has bequeathed to us nothing else that can be compared with them. †5. To commit to, unto (any one) with recommendation to his acceptance or care; to commend, entrust. Also figurative. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person bequeathc1225 commendc1386 recommandc1391 commanda1400 recommendc1405 remit?a1425 c1225 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 235 Louerd Godd, in hondes tine I biqueðe soule mine. 1436 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 75 I bewitt my saule to Gode Allmighty. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K4 Them therefore as bequeathing to the winde, I now depart. ?1594 M. Drayton Peirs Gaueston sig. B^v To you black spirits I my woes bequeath. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 505 The Judges to the common Urn bequeath Their Votes. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 399 We to Flames our slaughter'd Friends bequeathe. †6. gen. To deliver, bestow, give, yield, furnish. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] forgivec900 giveOE besetc1230 deala1250 i-yevec1275 to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386 yarka1400 wevec1400 yatec1400 administera1425 bequeathc1440 employa1492 exhibit1548 communicate1553 endue1587 cast1612 hand1650 to lay on1942 c1440 Gesta Romanorum (1879) 25 To whom god hath ȝevin and bequeþon..paradise. 1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. E3^v A niggards purse shall scarce bequeath his Maister a good dinner. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 That which bequeaths it this slow pace. †7. reflexive. To commit oneself, give oneself up, devote oneself. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > devote or apply oneself choosea1300 yield?a1366 givea1400 employ1439 applyc1450 poura1500 intend?1504 delivera1533 addict1534 bequeath1558 bend1591 devotea1616 devow1626 surrendera1732 puzzle1751 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. H.iiij This fleete at last..I see..I did myself bequeth thereto to flee. 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 87 Gentlemen, who generally so bequeath themselves to this service. 1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xvii. 166 Orpheus..bequeaths himself to a solitary life in the deserts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000v.OE
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† bequeathn.

bequeathv.