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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Probate

/prōb'-ātˌ/ · Pro·bate · IPA /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/
01 n. Proof.
  1. 1.
    Proof.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.(Law)
02 a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
  1. 1.
    Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
Phrases & compounds
Probate Court — a court for the probate of wills.
Probate duty — a government tax on property passing by will.
03 v. t. To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.
  1. 1.
    To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.