Obs.; also 5 bi-, by-. Pa. pple. bequested, bequest. [f. prec. sb.]
trans. To give as a bequest, to bequeath.
1394. P. Pl. Crede, 69. Her money may biquest, and testament maken.
1479. Bury Wills (1850), 54. A cloos … byfor byquestyd to Thomas my sone. Ibid. (1480), 55. I byqwest to the ffryerez of Clare xxs.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 299 b. Testament of peace … gyuen and bequest to thy disciples.
1795. Haunted Castle, II. 74. He broke open the papers of Du Pin … bequesting him all his estates.
