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testate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun testate has 1 sense
- testate(n = noun.person) testator - a person who makes a will; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: devisor, testatrix
Derived form adjective testate1
Adjective testate has 1 sense
- testate(a = adj.all) Array - having made a legally valid will before death; Array Antonym: intestate
Derived form noun testate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
testate, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See Testament.].
Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate. Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
testate, n.
One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
testate, adj. & n.
--adj. having left a valid will at death.
--n. a testate person.
--adj. having left a valid will at death.
--n. a testate person.
Derivative
testacy n. (pl. -ies).
Etymology
L testatus past part. of testari testify, make a will, f. testis witness
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