testate

Other forms: testates

Definitions of testate
  1. adjective
    having made a legally valid will before death
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    antonyms:
    intestate
    having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
  2. noun
    a person who makes a will
    synonyms: testator
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    types:
    devisor
    someone who devises real property in a will
    testatrix
    a female testator
    type of:
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being
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