Tes"tern, v. t. To present with a tester. [Obs.] Shak.
||Tes"tes (?), n., pl. of Teste, or of Testis.
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||Tes`ti*car"di*nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Test a shell, and Cardo.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a
||calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula
||and Spirifer are examples.
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Tes"ti*cle (?), n. [L. testiculus, dim. of testis a testicle, probably
the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to manhood. Cf.
Test a witness.] (Anat.) One of the essential male genital glands which
secrete the semen.
Tes"ti*cond (?), a. [L. testis testis + condere to hide.] (Zoöl.)
Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the
cetaceans.
Tes*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the testicle.
Tes*tic"u*late (?), a. [NL. testiculatus.] (Bot.) (a) Shaped like a
testicle, ovate and solid. (b) Having two tubers resembling testicles
in form, as some species of orchis.
||Tes`ti*ère" (?), n. [OF. testiere. See Tester a headpiece.] A piece
||of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.
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Tes"tif (?), a. [See Testy.] Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.]
Testif they were and lusty for to play.
Chaucer.
Tes`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. testificatio: cf. OF. testification. See
Testify.] The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a
direct testification of our homage to God. South.
Tes"ti*fi*ca`tor (?), n. [NL.] A testifier.
Tes"ti*fi`er (?), n. One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or
bears witness to prove anything; a witness.
Tes"ti*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Testified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Testifying (?).] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy, and cf. Attest, Contest, Detest,
Protest, Testament.] 1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or
written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of
communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.
Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what
was in man.
John ii. 25.
2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for
the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court;
to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.
One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Num. xxxv. 30.
3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear
witness; — with against.
O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee.
Ps. l. 7.