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Testify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To make a declaration of truth or fact under oath; submit testimony: witnesses testifying before a grand jury.

verb-intransitive. To express or declare a strong belief, especially to make a declaration of faith.

verb-intransitive. To make a statement based on personal knowledge in support of an asserted fact; bear witness: the exhilaration of weightlessness, to which many astronauts have testified.

verb-intransitive. To serve as evidence: wreckage that testifies to the ferocity of the storm.

v. To declare publicly; make known: testifying their faith.

v. To state or affirm under oath: testified in court that he saw the defendant.

v. To bear witness to; provide evidence for. See Synonyms at indicate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath

v. to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. 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-intransitive. 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.

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

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

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

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To bear witness; make declaration, especially for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of some matter not known to them, or for the purpose of establishing some fact.

In law, to give testimony, under oath or solemn affirmation, in a cause depending before a court.

To serve as evidence; be testimony or proof.

To bear witness to; affirm or declare as fact or truth.

In law, to state or declare under oath or affirmation, as a witness, before a tribunal.

To give evidence of; evince; demonstrate; show.

To make known; publish or declare freely.

v. give testimony in a court of law

v. provide evidence for

Word Usage

"Having Cheney testify is truly pointless – he's made a career of lying and seems to be quite good at it."

Verb Form

testified testifies testifying

Cross Reference

evidence avow

Variant

testified

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

protest fretfully peevishly