The Only Use of
bequeath
in
Julius Caesar
- 'tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament,--
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,--
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds,
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And, dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.p. 125.8bequeathing = giving upon deatheditor's notes: "Unto their issue" means "to their heirs (people who inherit from them such as children)"
Definition:
give or pass down -- often upon death in a will