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† testificate Chiefly Sc. Obs.
[ad. L. testificāt-um (that which is) testified, subst. use of neut. pa. pple. of testificārī to testify.]
A writing wherein a fact is attested; a certificate; spec. in Sc. Law: see quot. 1838.
1610in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 277 To requyre..a testificat of his conversation past, abilitie, and qualification for the function. 1620Shelton Quix. (1746) IV. xxxiii. 258 Which Testificate he desired. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 366 Three testificates were sent over to the Committee. a1722Fountainhall Decis. (1761) II. 394 A testificate being returned that there was no such thing to be found in their books. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot., Testificate, was a solemn written assertion, not on oath, used in judicial procedure... The term is now obsolete.
b. fig. Evidence, indication.
1590Greene Never too late (1600) 98 The wenches eyes are a testificate. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 349 Take Christ's testificate with you out of this life—‘Well done, good and faithful servant!’ 1833Galt in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 65 He gave a deep sigh, which was a testificate to me that the leaven of unrighteousness was still within him. |