Both Uses of
bequeath
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- This was produced by the buffet of an archer, or the horse of one of the provost's sergeants, which kicked to restore order; an admirable tradition which the provostship has bequeathed to the constablery, the constablery to the ~maréchaussée~, the ~maréchaussée~ to our ~gendarmeri~ of Paris.†
Chpt 1.1.1bequeathed = give or pass down
- At her death, at the moment when she was passing to the other sepulchre, she had bequeathed this one in perpetuity to afflicted women, mothers, widows, or maidens, who should wish to pray much for others or for themselves, and who should desire to inter themselves alive in a great grief or a great penance.†
Chpt 1.6.2 *
Definition:
give or pass down -- often upon death in a will