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legacy

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Legacy  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  legacy 
  n  :  (law)  a  gift  of  personal  property  by  will  [syn:  {bequest}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  LEGACY,  n.  A  gift  from  one  who  is  legging  it  out  of  this  vale  of 
  tears.




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