Word: bequeather
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...worms. Similarly, if I had died at Athens, in the 5th century before Christ, I should have been quite pleased to burn up on the funeral pyre. Even today, at Delhi, I would happily be put to ashes, with the exception of my navel, which I would voluntarily bequeath. Forgive me for not revealing to whom...
...Widow Morse "to be the Sweeper of Hollis provided she be able to attend to the Duty without, drinking Spirits", the good Widow was given a room in the basement of the hall. For her end of the deal, she was promised that when she retired, she could bequeath the job to her daughter. The widow's daughter set a record of 41 years of service that has not since been equalled. Still in harness when she passed away, the Widow's daughter was honored in poetry by the class of 1835: "For forty weary years or more...
...these sample reports are typical, the 103,000 individuals who were graduated from college in 1927 will bequeath to the next generation only 79,000 children...
...field of practical politics it is necessary to make decisions on the ground of evidence that no scientific expert would consider sufficient. The statesman cannot leave matters undecide or postpone his decision indefinitely and bequeath the problem to later investigators...
...field of practical politics it is necessary to make decisions on the ground of evidence that no scientific expert would consider sufficient. The statesman cannot leave matters undecide or postpone his decision indefinitely and bequeath the problem to later investigators...