bequeath

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bequeath /bɪˈkwiːð/

▶verb leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

■ hand down or pass on.

– derivatives
bequeathal noun,
bequeather noun.

– origin OE becwethan, from be- + cwethan ‘say’ (see quoth).