be puzzlement (bepuzlment)

[ IMG:content-1962.png:[blocks in formation] One generation has bequeathed its religious gloom and the counterfeit of its religious ardor to the next. Hawthorne , Main Street. Greece has bequeathed to us her ever living tongue, and the immortal productions of her intellect. Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 16. 4t. To commit; commend; intrust. We to flames our slaughtered friends bequeath . Pope , Iliad, vii. 399. 51. To give or yield; furnish; impart. A niggards purse shall scarce bequeath his master a good dinner. Penny le Parl., in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), III. 72. ( N. E. D. ) That which bequeaths it this slow pace. N. Fairfax , Bulk and Selv., p. 122. ( N. E. D. ) 6t. Reflexively, to commit; dedicate; devote. Orpheus. bequeaths himself to a solitary life in the deserts. K. Digby, Broad Stone of Honour, I. 166. ( N.E.D. )