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TESTATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who makes a will

Synonyms:

testate; testator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("testate" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testate"):

devisor (someone who devises real property in a will)

testatrix (a female testator)

Derivation:

testate (having made a legally valid will before death)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having made a legally valid will before death

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Antonym:

intestate (having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will)

Derivation:

testate (a person who makes a will)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb testate

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