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estate
English
Etymology
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?s-t?t, IPA(key): /?s?te?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Noun
estate (plural estates)
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19thc.]
- (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13thc.]
- Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
- (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13thc.]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14thc.]
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14th-17thc.]
- Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
- (historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14thc.]
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p.202:
- The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15thc.]
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18thc.]
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (Britain, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20thc.]
- (Britain, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating). [from 20thc.]
- (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever […] concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
Synonyms
- (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
estate (not comparable)
- (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.
- an estate diamond; estate jewelry
Verb
estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.
See also
- Estate (land) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- eatest, tatees, tea set, testae, testæ
Interlingua
Etymology
From Italian.
Noun
estate (plural estates)
- summer
See also
Italian
Alternative forms
- està (poetic or regional)
- state (Tuscan)
Etymology
From Latin aest?tem, accusative of aest?s (“summer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyd?- (“burn; fire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?ta.te/
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: es?tà?te
Noun
estate f (plural estati)
- summer
Related terms
- estivo
See also
Anagrams
- attese, esatte, esteta, saette, tesate
References
- estate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Verb
estate
- Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of estar, está and the pronoun te.
estate From the web:
- what estate did the clergy belong to
- what estate was the clergy
- what estate was the bourgeoisie
- what estate was the king in
- what estate paid the most taxes
- what estate was robespierre in
- what estate had the largest population
- what estate was napoleon in
testate
English
Etymology 1
From Latin test?tus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”), from testis (“witness”).
Adjective
testate (not comparable)
- (law) having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died).
Translations
Noun
testate (plural testates)
- (law) one who has left a valid will and testament
Translations
Etymology 2
Adjective
testate (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton)
Italian
Noun
testate f
- plural of testata
Verb
testate
- second-person plural present indicative of testare
- second-person plural imperative of testare
- feminine plural of testato
Anagrams
- settate
Latin
Participle
test?te
- vocative masculine singular of test?tus
testate From the web:
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- testate what does it mean
- testate what is the meaning
- what does a will intestate mean
- what does testate estate mean
- what is testate estate
- what is testate amoebae
- intestate law
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