All 3 Uses of
bequeath
in
As You Like It
- As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion,—bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou say'st, charged my brother, on his blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my sadness.†
Scene 1.1
- His crown bequeathing to his banish'd brother
Scene 5.4 *bequeathing = being left or given to another after one's death
- — [To DUKE SENIOR] You to your former honour I bequeath; Your patience and your virtue well deserves it:— [To ORLANDO] You to a love that your true faith doth merit:— [To OLIVER] You to your land, and love, and great allies:— [To SILVIUS] You to a long and well-deserved bed:— [To TOUCHSTONE] And you to wrangling; for thy loving voyage Is but for two months victuall'd.†
Scene 5.4
Definition:
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(bequeath) give or pass down -- often upon death in a will