testate

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

testate (not comparable)

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

testate (plural testates)

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

testate (not comparable)

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

testate f

1. plural of testata

testate

1. second-person plural present indicative of testare
2. second-person plural imperative of testare
3. feminine plural of testato

• settate

testāte

1. vocative masculine singular of testātus