Testament

tes'ta-ment, n. (Law.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to the disposal of his estate and effects ter his death; a will. One of the 2 general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, the Old and the New Testament, — often limited, colloquial language, to the latter. — Tesfable, (Law.) Capable of being devised, or given by — Teatamenfal, a. Of, or pert, to, a testament; tamentarj-. — Testament'ary, -a-rT, a. Of, or to, a will or testament; bequeathed by will: given by testament; done, appointed by, or founded a will.— Tes'tate, a. (Law.) Having made and a will.— Testa'tor, n. A man who makes and leaves a will or testament at death. — Testa'trix, n. ■woman who, etc.— Tes'tify, -tt-fi, v. i. [-fied (-fid), -fying.] To make a solemn declaration, verbal written (and in law under oath or affirmation), establish some fact; to give testimony, bear witne . — v. t. To bear witue to, support the truth of testimony, affirm or declare solemnly, or under — Tes'tifica'tion, n. Act of testifying, or giving timony or evidence. — Tes'thVer, n. — Tes'timony, -tl-mo-nl, n. A solemn declaration or affirmation made to establish or prove some fact; affirmation declaration; open attestation; profe ion: witne proof; manifestation. (Jewish Antig.) The bles of the law. The whole divine revelation; Scriptures. — Testimo'iiial, -nT-al, n. A writing certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character or good conduct. — a. Relating to, containing, testimony.— Tes'ticle, -tT-kl. n. (Anut.) One of the glands which secrete the seminal fluid males. — Testic'ulate, -u-lat, a. (Bot.); to Shaped like a testicle; ovate and solid; its bavins: 2 testicle-shaped tubers, as some orchids. com- Tester, Testoon, Testudo, Testy, etc. See early under Test. or Tetanus, tet'a-nus, n. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, of which the principal symptom is persistent spasm of the — voluntarv muscles; lockjaw. of Tetchy. See Techy. are Tete, tat, n. False hair; a kind of wig of by false hair. —Tete-a-tete, tat'a-taf, n. that Private interview or friendly con vers a of its tion; a form of sofa for 2 persons, so curved that exthey are brought face to face while sitting on different sides of the sofa.; Tether, tefcb/er, n. A rope or chain bv which a beast con is confined for feeding within certain limits; a tedder. — v. t. [tethered (-erd). -ering.] To confine v. t. (a beast) with a rope or chain, for feeding within lead, certain limits. or Tetrad, tet'rad. n. The number 4; a collection of 4 fixed t'rachord, -ra-k6rd,,. things. — Tet'rachord, is.) A series -ra-kSrd, of 4 | try n. (Anc. Mm., hich the extremes, | sounds, of which or first and 1; last, constituted a li ' shell fourth. — Tet'rag on, n. ( Geom.) -. ^. A plane figure, having 4 angles; \ \\ hard Don a quadrangle. (Astrol.) An \ \\ aspect of 2 planets with regard to fr. the earth, when they are distant and from each other 90°, or l-4th of a lob circle. — Tetrag'onal, a. Of, or, pert, to, a tetragon: having 4 an- Tetragons. body gles or sides. (Bot.) Having by prominent longitudinal angles, as a close rahe'dral, a. Having, or composed sup of, 4 sides. — Tet'rahe'dron, n. ( Geom.) A solid figure inclosed by 4 — triangles. — Tet'rahex'ahe'dron, n. back (Crystal log.) A solid bounded by 24 equal faces, 4 corresponding to each face of the cube. — Tetram'eter, n. „, (Anc. Poet.) A verse consisting of 4 -tetrahedron, measures, — that is, in iambic, trochaic, and a napes some old tic verse, of 8 feet; in other kinds of verse, of 4 feet.— Tet'rapet'alouB, -al-us, a. (Bot.) of Containing 4 distinct petals or flower leaves.— Tetra phyllo us, tetra fil or tet'ra-fiKlus, a. (Bot.) Having 4 leaves; consisting of four distinct leafs or leaflets.— Tetrap-! aftote, tet/rap or te-trap'tot, n. ( Gram,) A noun that has 4 cases — only: — Te'trarch, te'trark, n. in (Rom. Antig.) A Roman governor a. of the fourth part of a province; will. any petty king or sovereign. — Tetrarcfate, -at, n. tes- The fourth part of a province under a Roman tepert, trarch; office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch. — Tetrarch'ical, a. Of, or pert, to, a tetrarchy. — Tetron, rarehy, -rark-T, n. A tetrarchate.— TetraB'tdch, -tras'left tik, n. A stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of 4 verses. — Tet'rastyle. -ra-stll, n. (Anc. Arch.) A A building with 4 columns in front. — ITet'rasyFlable, -sill a-bl. n. A word consisting of 4 syllables. — Tet'or rasyllab/'ic, lables. -ical, a. Consisting of, or having, 4 sylto Tetter, tefter, n. A vesicular disease of the skin; by herpes; a cutaneous disease. — v. t. [tettered oath. (-terd), -terixg.J To affect with tetter. tes- Teutonic, tu-ton'ik, a. Of, or pert, to, the Teutons, a people of ancient Germany; of, or pert, to, the peoples of German origin, or to their descendants.; Tew, tu, v. t. [tewed (tud), tewixg.] To work at,; prepare by working; to work hard, fatigue; to beat 2 taor dre (leather, hemp, etc.); to taw. the Text, tekst, n. A discourse or composition on •which or a note or commentary is written; bodj7 of a page or work, as disting. fr. footnotes, supplementary mat or ter, etc.; the original words of an author, disting. fr. a paraphrase or commentary; a verse or pas in sage of Scripture quoted as the subject of a dis-; end, eve, term; Tn, Ice; 5dvi, tones 6r. j course, or in proof of a doctrine. — Text'-book, A volume, as of some cla ical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; any manual of instruction a; school-book. — hand, n. A large hand in writing, — so called because it was the practice write the text of a book in a large hand, and the notes in a smaller hand. — Text'ual, -u-al, a. Pert, to, or contained in, the text. — Text'uarist, -uary, n. One well versed in the Scriptures. — Text'uary, a. Contained in the text; textual; serving as text; authoritative. — Text'ile, -il, a. Woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving. — Texto'rial, -ri-al, o. Of, or pert, to, weaving. — Texfure, teks'chur, n. Act of weaving; that which woven; a fabric formed by weaving; the disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies interwoven; the disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other. 457