testate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”).

Adjective

testate (not comparable)

1. (law) having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died).

Derived terms

• testacy

Translations

having left a legally valid last will and testament

• Irish: tiomnach
• Manx: çhymnagh
• Māori: whaiwira

Noun

testate (plural testates)

1. (law) one who has left a valid will and testament

Translations

one who has left a valid will and testament

• Irish: tiomnach m

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English test

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English testate

From test + -ate.

Adjective

testate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)

   Synonyms: testacean, testaceous

   • 2010, Valentyna Krashevska, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu, “Micro-and macroscale changes in density and diversity of testate amoebae of tropical montane rain forests of Southern Ecuador”, in Acta Protozoologica, volume 49, number 1:

     High frequency of species with acrostomy, eg species of the genera Euglypha, Assulina and Nebela, supports the conclusion that humidity is a major structuring force for testate amoebae at TH III.

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

testate f

1. plural of testata

Etymology 2

Verb

testate

1. inflection of testare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

testate f pl

1. feminine plural of testato

Anagrams

• settate

Latin

Participle

testāte

1. vocative masculine singular of testātus

Spanish

Verb

testate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of testar combined with te