different between testify vs testator

English

Etymology

From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testific?r?, present active infinitive of testificor (“I bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?st?fa?/
• Hyphenation: tes?ti?fy
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

testify (third-person singular simple present testifies, present participle testifying, simple past and past participle testified) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
   • 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:

     It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.

   • One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

2. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.

   • We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

Synonyms

• bear witness

Related terms

• attest
• testimony
• testimonial

Translations

See also

• compel testimony

Further reading

• testify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• testify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• testatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?s?te?.t?/

Noun

testator (plural testators)

1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

Related terms

• intestate
• testament
• testatrix
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

Translations

See also

• executor

Further reading

• testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• testator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attestor

Latin

Etymology

testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +? -?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta?.tor/, [t??s??t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta.tor/, [t??s?t???t??r]

Noun

test?tor m (genitive test?t?ris, feminine test?tr?x); third declension

1. testator
2. witness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

test?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of testor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of testor

References

• testator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• testator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• testator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin test?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??sta.t?r/

Noun

testator m pers (feminine testatorka)

1. testator, legator, devisor

   Synonym: spadkodawca

Declension

Further reading

• testator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• testator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French testateur, from Latin testator.

Noun

testator m (plural testatori)

1. testator

Declension