Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TESTIFICATOR

TESTIFICA'TOR, noun One who gives witness or evidence.

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TESTIFIED

TEST'IFIED, participle passive [from testify.] Given in evidence; witnessed; published; made known.

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TESTIFIER

TEST'IFIER, noun [from testify.] One who testifies; one who gives testimony or bears witness to prove any thing.

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TESTIFY

TEST'IFY, verb intransitive [Latin testificor; testis and facio.]1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of...

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TESTIFYING

TEST'IFYING, participle present tense Affirming solemnly or under oath, for the purpose of establishing a fact; giving testimony; bearing witness; declaring.

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TESTILY

TEST'ILY, adverb [from testy.] Fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

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TESTIMONIAL

TESTIMO'NIAL, noun [Latin testimonium.] A writing or certificate in favor of one's character or good conduct. Testimonials are required on many occasions. A person must have tes...

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TESTIMONY

TEST'IMONY, noun [Latin testimonium.] A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact. Such affirmation in judicial proceedings, ma...

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TESTINESS

TEST'INESS, noun [from testy.] Fretfulness; peevishness; petulance.Testiness is a disposition or aptness to be angry.

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TESTING

TEST'ING, participle present tense [from test.] Trying for proof; proving by a standard or by experiment.A plan for testing alkalies--TEST'ING, noun The act of trying for proof....

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TESTON

TEST'ON, noun A French coin, of the value of about six pence sterling.

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TESTOON

TESTOON', noun A silver coin in Italy and Portugal. In Florence, the testoon is worth two lire or three paoli, about seventeen pence sterling, or thirty two cents. At Lisbon, th...

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TESTUDINAL

TESTU'DINAL, adjective Pertaining to the tortoise, or resembling it.

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TESTUDINATED

TESTU'DINATED, adjective [Latin testudo, a tortoise.] Roofed; arched.

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TESTUDINEOUS

TESTUDIN'EOUS, adjective Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

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TESTUDO

TESTU'DO, noun [Latin] A tortoise. Among the Romans, a cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standin...

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TESTY

TEST'Y, adjective Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.Pyrrbus cured his testy courtiers with a kick.Must I stand and crouch under your testy humor?

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TETANUS

TET'ANUS, noun [Gr. stretched.] A spasmodic contraction of the muscles of voluntary motion, particularly of those which shut the lower jaw; the locked jaw.

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TETAUG

TETAUG', noun The name of a fish on the coast of New England; called also black fish.

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TETCHINESS

TETCH'INESSTETCH'Y See Techiness, Techy. [corrupted from touchy, touchiness.] [Not in use.]

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TETCHY

TETCH'Y See Techiness, Techy. [corrupted from touchy, touchiness.] [Not in use.]

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TETE

TETE, noun False hair; a kind of wig or cap of false hair.TETE-a-tete, head to head; cheek by jowl; in private.

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TETHER

TETH'ER, noun [See Tedder.] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain limits.TETH'ER, verb transitive To confine, as a beast, with a rope or chain ...

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TETRACHORD

TET'RACHORD, noun [Gr. four, and a chord.] In ancient music, a diatessaron; a series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extrem...

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TETRAD

TET'RAD, noun [Gr. the number four.] The number four; a collection of four things.

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TETRADACTYLOUS

TETRADAC'TYLOUS, adjective [Gr.] Having four toes.

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TETRADIAPASON

TETRADIAP'ASON, noun [Gr. four, and diapason.] Quadruple diapason or octave; a musical chord, otherwise called a quadruple eighth or twenty ninth.