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121request — I n. 1) to file, make, submit a request (to file a request with the appropriate authorities; she has a request to make of us; to submit a request to the mayor s office) 2) to act on; honor a request 3) to deny, reject a request 4) a desperate,… …
122bequest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. legacy. See giving, receiving, transfer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inheritance, estate, endowment, legacy; see estate 2 , gift 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [bi KWEST]… …
123inquest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. inquiry, hearing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. investigation, hearing, inquiry; see examination 1 , trial 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [IN kwest] a legal inquiry, such as that… …
124sequester — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. seclude, isolate, separate; cloister, shut up or away, immure, confine; confiscate, commandeer, expropriate. See seclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To set apart] Syn. separate, isolate, set off,… …
125bequest — be|quest [bıˈkwest] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: bequeath] formal money or property which you arrange to give to someone after your death ▪ a bequest of $5000 …
126conquest — con|quest [ˈkɔŋkwest US ˈka:ŋ ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere; CONQUER] 1.) [singular, U] the act of getting control of a country by fighting ▪ the Norman Conquest (=the conquest of… …
127inquest — in|quest [ˈıŋkwest] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: enqueste, from Latin inquirere; INQUIRE] 1.) a legal process to find out the cause of someone s death inquest into ▪ The coroner will hold an inquest into the deaths. ▪ The inquest… …
128quest — [kwest] n literary [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: queste, from Latin quaestus; QUESTION1] 1.) a long search for something that is difficult to find quest for ▪ his long quest for truth ▪ the quest for human happiness ▪ …
