bequest (bekwest)

quyste, prob. (with excrescent -t, as in be hest, and shifted accent, after the verb) He claimed the crown to himself, pretending an adop tion, or bequest of the kingdom unto the Confes sor. Sir M. Hale . Po e ion, with the right of bequest and inheritance, is the stimulant which raises property to its highest value. N. A. Rev. , CXLIII. 58. IMG:content-1963.png:[blocks in formation] patent of dignity or privilege given by an Oriberdet, n. An obsolete form of beard . ental monarch. berate (bē-rāt'), v . t. [ rate2 .] To chide vehemently; scold. pocket. Zopyrus berated So crates as if he had caught a pickPop. Sci . Mo. , XΧΙΙ. 65. berattlet (bē-rat'l), v . t. [ rattle .] To cry down; abuse; run down. Shak . [Rare.] beraunite (be-ra'nīt), n. [ Beraun (see def.) +-ite2.] A hydrous phosphate of iron of a reddish-brown color, found at St. Benign a near Beraun in Bohemia. berayt (bē-rā'), v. t. [ Beraying the font and water while the bishop was bap tizing him. 2. To scent. Milton, Eng., vi. How comes your handkercher So sweetly thus beray'd? Middle ton , The Witch, i. 2. berbe (berb), n. The name of an African genet, Genetta pardina .