Legacy Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Legacy

Learn about the word Legacy to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Legacy definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Legacy

Legacy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Legacy? [n] (law) a gift of personal property by will Synonyms \| Synonyms for Legacy: bequest Related Terms \| Find terms related to Legacy: attested copy \| bequeathal \| bequest \| birthright \| borough-English \| by-product \| codicil \| coheirship \| consequence \| consequent \| coparcenary \| corollary \| derivation \| derivative \| development \| devise \| distillate \| effect \| entail \| event \| eventuality \| eventuation \| fruit \| gavelkind \| harvest \| heirloom \| heirship \| hereditament \| heritable \| heritage \| heritance \| incorporeal hereditament \| inheritance \| issue \| law of succession \| line of succession \| logical outcome \| mode of succession \| offshoot \| offspring \| outcome \| outgrowth \| patrimony \| postremogeniture \| precipitate \| primogeniture \| probate \| product \| result \| resultant \| reversion \| sequel \| sequela \| sequence \| sequent \| succession \| testament \| ultimogeniture \| upshot \| will See Also \| gift \| heritage \| inheritance Legacy In Webster's Dictionary \Leg"acy\ (l[e^]g"[.a]s[y^]), n.; pl. {Legacies} (-s[i^]z). [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.

Legacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Legacy?

[n] (law) a gift of personal property by will

Synonyms | Synonyms for Legacy: bequest

See Also | gift | heritage | inheritance

Legacy In Webster's Dictionary

\Leg"a*cy\ (l[e^]g"[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Legacies}
(-s[i^]z). [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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Le ‐ a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective…
Isomeric ‐ of or relating to or exhibiting…
Aplacophoran ‐ deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the…
Appendix ‐ a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum…
Saintpaulia ‐ east African herb with nodding flowers; widely…
Polygonia comma ‐ anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside…
Del rio ‐ a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande west of…
Idaho ‐ a state in the Rocky…
Mithridates ‐ ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating…
Agathis ‐ kauri pine