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legar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • traduce verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
  • will verb A modal verb used to talk about the future, often with a sense of intention or certainty.

Senses

legar is used for these senses in English:

  • bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • bequeath To hand down; to transmit.
  • devise (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
  • leave (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
  • traduce (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit. [mid-16th c. to mid-18th c.]
  • will (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something. [from 10th c.]

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.

devise — full definition

  1. verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  2. verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.

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