testify

[Tes·ti*fy]

To testify is to make a statement or provide evidence, usually in court. Witnesses testify for the prosecution or defense.

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To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

Verb
give testimony in a court of law

Verb
provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

v. i.
To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

v. i.
To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.

v. i.
To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

v. t.
To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

v. t.
To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

adv.
In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Testify

Tes"ti*fy , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Testified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Testifying .] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy, and cf. Attest, Contest, Detest, Protest, Testament.] 1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.

2. (Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.

One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee.

I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Testify

Tes"ti*fy, v. t. 1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

2. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

Testify

Tes"ti*fy, adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.

To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

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Usage Examples

As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to chart the exit strategy before you enter the union, in order to make sure that not only you, but your partner as well, knows that there will be no World War III should hearts and minds, for any sad reason, change.

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

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Other Usage Examples

Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons.

To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt.

Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.