übergeben — meaning in English

English meaning

• bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
• devolve verb To pass on to the next person in line, often because the previous holder has died or left.
• 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

1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

devolve — full definition

1. verb To pass on to the next person in line, often because the previous holder has died or left.
2. verb To give a duty or responsibility to someone else to deal with.
3. verb To pass authority and responsibility for something on to another body.
4. verb To become someone's duty or responsibility.

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