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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bequest/bɪˈkwest/

▶noun the action of bequeathing.

■ something that is bequeathed.

– origin ME: from be- + OE cwis ‘speech’.

'bequest' also found in these Oxford entries:

disclaimer - disposition - pittance

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