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legate
legate / To bequeath a piece of property or a sum of money to someone in a will.
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Meanings
Nounlegate
A person sent as a representative of a higher authority, especially a papal envoy or a diplomatic agent.
"The Pope dispatched a legate to negotiate the peace treaty."
Transitive VerbTo bequeath a piece of property or a sum of money to someone in a will.
[~ something]
He decided to legate his entire estate to the local university.