† testificaten.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
a. A writing wherein a fact is attested; a certificate; spec. in Scots Law: see quot. 1838.
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1610 in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 277 To requyre..a testificat of his conversation past, abilitie, and qualification for the function.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1746) IV. xxxiii. 258 Which Testificate he desired.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xi. 366 Three testificates were sent over to the Committee.
a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1761) II. 394 A testificate being returned that there was no such thing to be found in their books.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. Testificate, was a solemn written assertion, not on oath, used in judicial procedure... The term is now obsolete.
b. figurative. Evidence, indication.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
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1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. G4 The wenches eyes are a testificate.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 349 Take Christ's testificate with you out of this life—‘Well done, good and faithful servant!’
1833 J. Galt in Fraser's Mag. 8 65 He gave a deep sigh, which was a testificate to me that the leaven of unrighteousness was still within him.
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