testament
/ˈtɛs.tə.mənt/ verb C2- To make a will.
- To bequeath or leave by will.
He/she/it testaments · Past testamented · Past participle testamented · -ing form testamenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- testament
- He/she/it
- testaments
- Past
- testamented
- Past participle
- testamented
- -ing form
- testamenting
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When school went out Anne marched to her desk, ostentatiously took out everything therein, books and writing tablet, pen and ink, testament and arithmetic, and piled them neatly on her cracked slate.
But besides all this, in order that the instrument may not be contested, I am anxious to give it the greatest possible authenticity, therefore, one of my colleagues will help me, and, contrary to custom, will assist in the dictation of the testament.
“See, sir,” replied Caderousse, “in this corner is a crucifix in holy wood—here on this shelf is my wife’s testament; open this book, and I will swear upon it with my hand on the crucifix.
Ruby Gillis smuggled three blue plums over to her during testament reading; Ella May MacPherson gave her an enormous yellow pansy cut from the covers of a floral catalogue--a species of desk decoration much prized in Avonlea school.
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