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Bequeath

To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.

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Verb group 6

Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impart 84% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Impart 84% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Leave 84% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Leave 84% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Devise 76% connected

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entail 76% connected

That which is entailed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Leave 92% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Will 92% connected

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Disinherit 94% connected

To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disinherit 94% connected

To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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