The present participle of bequeath; the act of giving property or money through a will.
Bequeath (Old English) + -ing suffix (present participle marker). The -ing form shows ongoing action or a gerund (noun form of the verb).
The -ing form makes the action feel active and ongoing, which is poetic because technically you do this all at once when writing your will, yet it plays out over time as a gift after you're gone.
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