Definition of "bequests" [bequests]

• Plural form of bequest. (noun)

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• "Indeed, Power's will was such a model of the share and share alike principle that it is worth summarizing the main bequests here:"
• "This account was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States."
• "The wealth that had flowed in from various sources, such as bequests, presents from foreign potentates or grateful clients at home, loans probably from the same source, to which we must add his wife's considerable dowry, he proceeded to expend in erecting a _villa_ at Tusculum."