Definition of "bequest"

bequest¹

/bɪˈkwɛst/

noun
plural bequests
1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
2. The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
3. That which is left by will; a legacy.
4. That which has been handed down or transmitted.
  Quotations
  Yet some odor of religion is still lingering here, the bequest of pious souls, who had grace to enjoy a foretaste of immortal life.
  1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The New Adam and Eve”, in Mosses from an Old Manse
5. A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

bequest²

verb
third-person singular simple present bequests, present participle bequesting, simple past and past participle bequested
1. (transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.