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LEGACY
bequest, legacy
(noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
legacy (plural legacies)
(legal) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
Something inherited from a predecessor or the past; a heritage.
(university and society admissions) The descendant of an alumnus.
A piece of ones' history left behind for following generations to experience.
Adjective
legacy
Left over from the past; no longer current.
Source: Wiktionary
Leg"a*cy, n.; pl.Legacies. Etym: [L. (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from legare to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf. OF. legat legacy. See Legate.]
1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; - - obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like. My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world. Tyndale. He came and told his legacy. Chapman. Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies. Wharton.
– Legacy hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGALITH
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