übergeben — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
- devolve verb To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
- render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
- surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
- vest noun A sleeveless piece of clothing worn over a shirt, often as part of a suit (called a "waistcoat" in British English).
- yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
Senses
übergeben is used for these senses in English:
- bequeath To hand down; to transmit.
- bequeath To give; to offer; to commit.
- devolve (especially, of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
- give away (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
- hand over (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
- render (transitive) To make over as a return.
- surrender The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- yield (transitive, or, intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
bequeath — full definition
- verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
- verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.
devolve — full definition
- verb To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
- verb To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
- verb To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
- verb To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.