Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB-IN-TEST'ATE
AB-IN-TEST'ATE, a. [L. ab and intestatus, dying without a will, from in and testor, to bear witness; W. tyst; Arm. test, witness. See Test and Testify.]
In the civil law, inheriting the estate of one dying without a will.
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