bequeathed
Passed down legally
Bequeathed is the past tense of bequeath, meaning to leave something to someone after death, typically through a will: She bequeathed her entire estate to her nephew.
The word extends to any passing down of something valuable: The Renaissance bequeathed us new ways of seeing the world.
What gets bequeathed is usually property, money, or cultural inheritance.
One who receives legacy
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirloomInherited family treasure
patrimony · endowment · birthright · succession · descendant · progeny · devisee · entailment
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- executorAppointed estate manager
- probateWill validation proceedings
- codicilWill modification document
trustee · intestate · notary · solicitor · affidavit · witness · deceased · estate
heir
One who receives legacy
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
heirloom · patrimony · endowment · birthright · succession · descendant · progeny · devisee · entailment · legatee
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
codicil · trustee · intestate · notary · solicitor · affidavit · witness · deceased · estate · guardianship
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
dynasty · lineage · bloodline · pedigree · descendants · progeny · generation · family · clan · house
convey
Communicate or transport
transmit · impart · entrust · confer · vest · devolve · cede · pass · leave · give
bequeatheddisinherited
Excluded from inheritance
kept · retained · spent · squandered · consumed