All 3 Uses of
bequeath
in
Faust
- A good man does his honest share In exercising, with the strictest care, The art bequeathed to his possession!†
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- Alas! the wings that lift the mind no aid Of wings to lift the body can bequeath me.†
- FAUST Though some familiar tone, retrieving My thoughts from torment, led me on, And sweet, clear echoes came, deceiving A faith bequeathed from Childhood's dawn, Yet now I curse whate'er entices And snares the soul with visions vain; With dazzling cheats and dear devices Confines it in this cave of pain!†
Definition:
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(bequeath) give or pass down -- often upon death in a will