Part 1056

<hw>Be*puffed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Puffed; praised.</def>

<i> Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Bepurple</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*pur"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To tinge or dye with a purple color.</def>

<h1>Bequeath</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*queath"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bequeathed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bequeathing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>biquethen</ets>, AS. <ets>becwe<?/an</ets> to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>cwe<?/an</ets> to say, speak. See <er>Quoth</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.</def>

<blockquote>My heritage, which my dead father did <b>bequeath</b> to me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hand down; to transmit.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>bequeath</b> posterity somewhat to remember it. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give; to offer; to commit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do <b>bequeath</b> my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Bequeath</er>, <er>Devise</er>.</syn> <usage>Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. <i>Devise</i>, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the <i>devisee</i>. <i>Bequeath</i> is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; <it>i. e.</it>, of personal property; the gift is called a <i>legacy</i>, and he who receives it is called a <i>legatee</i>. In popular usage the word <i>bequeath</i> is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace <i>devise</i>; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.</usage>

<h1>Bequeathable</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*queath"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being bequeathed.</def>

<h1>Bequeathal</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*queath"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.</def>

<i> Fuller.</i>

<h1>Bequeathment</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*queath"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.</def>

<h1>Bequest</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*quest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biquest</ets>, corrupted fr. <ets>bequide</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + AS. <ets>cwide</ets> a saying, <ets>becwe<?/an</ets> to bequeath. The ending <ets>-est</ets> is probably due to confusion with <ets>quest</ets>. See <er>Bequeath</er>, <er>Quest</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; <as>as, a <ex>bequest</ex> of property by A</as>. to B.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.</def>

<h1>Bequest</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*quest"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "All I have to <i>bequest</i>."

<i>Gascoigne.</i>

<h1>Bequethen</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*queth"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>old <tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Bequeath</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>