legacy
/ˈlɛɡəsi/ adjective C2- Left over from the past; old and no longer current.
- Belonging to a class of boardgame where permanent changes are made to game elements such as the board, cards and rules over multiple play sessions.
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The term for which Edmond had engaged to serve on board La Jeune Amélie having expired, Dantès took leave of the captain, who at first tried all his powers of persuasion to induce him to remain as one of the crew, but having been told the history of the legacy, he ceased to importune him further.
Mortimer, “that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from Sir Charles, for I also had a thousand pounds left to me.”
There was also a legacy of one thousand pounds.
“Not because I have the least desire to learn anything you may please to conceal from me, but simply that if, through your assistance, I could distribute the legacy according to the wishes of the testator, why, so much the better, that is all.”
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