All 6 Uses
legacy
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Dark Witch
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- For the name and all it held would be their legacy.†
p. 17.3
- Cousin Mary Kate would come, but eye knew she wasn't the one, but like a guardian for the amulet, for the legacy.†
p. 47.5
- But each must accept the whole, and themselves, and the legacy.†
p. 47.7
- And it's a lasting legacy, as it's said to be the only church in Ireland founded by an Irish king and still in use.†
p. 233.5
- People too often knock down the old for the new instead of understanding that legacy.
p. 233.7 *legacy = something coming from the past
- I have a legacy, and I'm going to be true to it.†
p. 287.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(legacy) coming from the past or left to the futurein various senses including:
- in law -- a gift given through a will -- "She left a legacy of $10,000 to her niece."
- of a situation -- resulting from the past -- "Today's debt problem is a legacy of profligate spending by prior administrations."
- of culture -- a practice passed from one generation to the next -- "The city has along legacy of bribes and corruption."
- of technology -- something that still uses old technology -- "We're using a legacy software that only the old-timers know how to update."
- of a member or potential member of an organization -- the child of a previous member -- "She is a legacy candidate."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)