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View definitions for be bequeathed

be bequeathed

verb as in inherit

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A court ruled that the works could be bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts in the Swiss capital Bern, as Cornelius Gurlitt had requested.

From BBC

The property was listed earlier this month despite rumours that it would be bequeathed to the state of NSW, and reportedly took a little more than two weeks to sell.

But not everything that can be bequeathed is so desirable.

From Nature

As a show of fans’ support — and to raise money for Richardson’s privately built NFL stadium — Muhleman then devised the concept of PSLs, “permanent seat licenses,” which not only guaranteed a lifetime right to buy tickets to specific seats but could be bequeathed upon death.

You will also learn how the property’s final private owner, Marion duPont Scott of the DuPont dynasty, decreed upon her death that the home would be bequeathed to the public good so that everyone could experience the home as the Madisons had lived in it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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