testé

testé (feminine testée, masculine plural testés, feminine plural testées)

1. past participle of tester

• tètes, têtes, tétés

test +‎ -é (non-attributive possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃteː]
• Hyphenation: tes‧té
• Homophone: testté

testé

1. non-attributive possessive singular of test

From earlier testeso.

• IPA^(key): /teˈste/^*
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: te‧sté

testé (archaic, literary)

1. just now, just

   Synonyms: or ora, poco fa

   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata ottava – Novella decima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     Io ho testé ricevute lettere da Messina

     I have just now received letters from Messina

2. now, right now; forthwith

   Synonyms: adesso, ora

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[2], lines 37–39; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Poi appresso convien che questa caggia / infra tre soli, e che l’altra sormonti / con la forza di tal che testé piaggia.

     Then, afterwards, it shall fall within three suns, and the other one shall rise by the force of him who now is on the coast.

3. shortly, soon, in a short while

   Synonyms: presto, tra poco

   • 14^th c., Franco Sacchetti, “Novella CXLVII. [Novel 147]”, in Novelle di Franco Sacchetti - Parte seconda‎^[4], published 1724, page 13:

     […] ’l tale paſſerà teſtè qui, che viene dal luogo ſuo, ed haſſi piene le brache d’uova

     [’l tale passerà testé qui, che viene dal luogo suo, ed hassi piene le brache d’uova]

     the man will be coming through here in a short while, coming from his place, and he has his trousers filled with eggs

• Sette, sette

testé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of testar