Bequeath

My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me.
Shak.

To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it.
Glanvill.

To whom, with all submission, on my knee
I do bequeath my faithful services
And true subjection everlastingly.
Shak.

Syn. -- To Bequeath, Devise. Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.