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English
Noun
testern (plural testerns)
- (obsolete) A sixpence.
- (obsolete) A tester.
Verb
testern (third-person singular simple present testerns, present participle testerning, simple past and past participle testerned)
- (obsolete, transitive) To present with a sixpence.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 152:To testify to your bounty, I thank
you, you have testern'd me; in requital whereof,
henceforth carry your letters yourself.
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