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testate

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from testum — “the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”
  2. derived from test
  3. inherited from test
  4. suffixed as testate — “test + ate”

Definitions

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

  2. one who has left a valid will and testament

  3. Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for testate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA