PROBATE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
    Hypernyms(s) probate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) probate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

PROBATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
    Hypernyms(s) probate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
    Hypernyms(s) probate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)