Word Meanings - TESTATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
Related words: (words related to TESTATOR)
- DEATHLIKE
1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak. - DEATHLY
Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - DEATHWATCH
A small beetle . By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, - TESTAMENTAL
Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery. - DEATHWARD
Toward death. - MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot. - TESTAMENTATION
The act or power of giving by testament, or will. Burke. - DEATH
Loss of spiritual life. To be death. Rom. viii. 6. 9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death. It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. Atterbury. And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. Judg. xvi. 16. Note: Death - TESTAMENTIZE
To make a will. Fuller. - DEATHFULNESS
Appearance of death. Jer. Taylor. - DEATH'S-HERB
The deadly nightshade . Dr. Prior. - DEATHBED
The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray. - DEATHLESS
Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame. - DEATHSMAN
An executioner; a headsman or hangman. Shak. - TESTAMENT
A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death. Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must - TESTAMENTARY
1. Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary. 2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament. How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury. 3. Done, appointed - DEATHBLOW
A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. The deathblow of my hope. Byron. - DEATHFUL
1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope. 2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman. - LEAVES
pl. of Leaf. - PARKLEAVES
A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan. - BLACK DEATH
A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.