TESTATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testate mean? 

• TESTATE (noun)
  The noun TESTATE has 1 sense:

1. a person who makes a will

  Familiarity information: TESTATE used as a noun is very rare.

• TESTATE (adjective)
  The adjective TESTATE has 1 sense:

1. having made a legally valid will before death

  Familiarity information: TESTATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who makes a will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

testate; testator

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)

• TESTATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having made a legally valid will before death

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)