Testify
['testɪfaɪ] or ['tɛstɪfaɪ]
Definition
(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'.
Edited by Carmella--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.
v. a. Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.
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Definition
v.t. to bear witness: to make a solemn declaration: to protest or declare a charge (with against).—v.t. to bear witness to: to affirm or declare solemnly or on oath:—pa.t. and pa.p. tes′tifīed.—ns. Testif′icāte (Scots law) a solemn written assertion; Testificā′tion the act of testifying or of bearing witness; Tes′tifier.
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Examples
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'll testify that you tried to do it, said Laurie with a grateful look. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was a profound utterance as anyone can testify who reads, let us say, the Congressional Record. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Persons who were made privy to his first discovery testify to the several experiments which he made in their presence before he ventured to expose his invention to the scrutiny of the public eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nobody better than you, I am persuaded,' answered Mrs. Bumble: who did not want for spirit, as her yoke-fellow could abundantly testify. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I'm being scorched in the legs, which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She tendered not even a remonstrance; she testified no shade of surprise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Ablewhite's innocence is equally certain--or Rachel would never have testified to it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He explained this to Professor Gale, a colleague at the university, who later testified as to Morse’s work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Other children in grief or pain cry aloud, without shame or restraint; but this being wept: the tiniest occasional sniff testified to her emotion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Almost everything testifies to the great premium put upon listening, reading, and the reproduction of what is told and read. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You may _say_ what you chusebut your countenance testifies that your _thoughts_ on this subject are very much like mine. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The principle elements in the machine remain practically unchanged today, a fact which testifies to the excellence of the inventor’s work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If I had been a stock or a stone, such an interference as this must have roused me into testifying to the truth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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