bequeath

as in to leave
to give by means of a will having no heir, he bequeathed his house to his local church

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Recent Examples on the Web Although the one-party system Stalin bequeathed to Beijing has remained essentially unchanged since 1921, the lives described in these three books have nonetheless helped Chinese politics swing between opposing poles ever since the end of the old imperial system. Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021 Eisenhower unified the services still further, brought down defense budgets, and improved the institutions that Truman had bequeathed him. Martin E. Dempsey, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2013 By the end of the song, Martin confidently bequeaths Mendes the honor of finishing the track with his voice alone. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024 The home was acquired by Mrs. Emily Morris Gallatin in 1911 and remained within the Morris family until the home and its collections were bequeathed to the Preservation Society in 1986. Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bequeath 

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