bequeath

Other forms of bequeath

past tense

bequeathed·

present participle

bequeathing·

third person

bequeaths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bequeath

What does bequeath mean?

bequeath means "leave or give by will after one's death".

How many syllables are in bequeath?

bequeath has 2 syllables: beq-ueath. The stress falls on "ueath". In IPA it is /bɪˈkwiθ/.

What is another word for bequeath?

Close synonyms include will, leave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bequeath?

The recorded antonyms are disinherit.

Is bequeath a common word?

bequeath is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.