"testate" meaning in English

See testate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|testātus||testified}} Latin testātus (“testified”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} testate (not comparable)
  1. (law) having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died). Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: testacy Translations (having left a legally valid last will and testament): tiomnach (Irish), çhymnagh (Manx), whaiwira (Māori)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|test|-ate<id:adjective>|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "testate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="testate"> From test + -ate. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} testate (not comparable)
  1. (zoology) Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: testacean, testaceous
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: testates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|testātus||testified}} Latin testātus (“testified”) Head templates: {{en-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): tiomnach [masculine] (Irish)
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Etymology number: 1

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish test\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos\nProto-Italic *-ātos\nLatin -ātuslbor.\nEnglish -ate\nEnglish testate\n[Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjectival\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"verbal adjectives\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-eh₂tos\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ātos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ātus\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"lbor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ate\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"testate\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"testate\">\nFrom test + -ate.",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish test\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos\nProto-Italic *-ātos\nLatin -ātuslbor.\nEnglish -ate\nEnglish testate\nFrom test + -ate.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "testate (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              169,
              176
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "testacean"
        },
        {
          "word": "testaceous"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "testate"
}

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