Obs. rare–1. [n. of action f. med.L. testāmentāre to give by testament, whence some dictionaries have as Eng. Testamentate v.] The making of a testament; the disposing of one’s property by will; = TESTATION 2.
c. 1765. Burke, Tracts on Popery Laws, Wks. XIII. 328. By this Law the right of testamentation is taken away, which the inferiour tenures had always enjoyed.
