different between bequeath vs intestate

English

Etymology

From Middle English bequethen, from Old English becweþan (“to say, to speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame, bequeath, leave by will”), equivalent to be- +? quethe. Cognate with West Frisian bekwathan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??kwi??/, /b??kwi?ð/
• Hyphenation: be?queath
• Rhymes: -i?ð or Rhymes: -i??

Verb

bequeath (third-person singular simple present bequeaths, present participle bequeathing, simple past bequeathed or (obsolete) bequoth, past participle bequeathed or (rare) bequethen or (obsolete) bequothen)

1. (law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
2. To hand down; to transmit.
3. To give; to offer; to commit.

Usage notes

• (give or leave by will): The verb bequeath is usually used of personal property; for real property, the term devise is preferred (hence the phrase give, devise, and bequeath).

Related terms

• quethe
• quoth
• bequest

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin intest?tus, from in- (“not”) + test?tus (“testate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ste?t/

Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Antonyms

• testate

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Translations

References

• intestate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• enstatite, satinette

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?s.tat/

Adjective

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

Noun

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. female equivalent of intestat

Italian

Verb

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

Latin

Adjective

intest?te

1. vocative masculine singular of intest?tus