testify

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13
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12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/

Definition of testify

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
    “It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.”
    “One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
    “It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.”
    “One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”
  2. (ambitransitive)To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
    “We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.”
    “[T]he pleaſures of ſenſe have no reliſh vvhere thou [Jesus] irradiateſt and teſtifieſt vvith our conſcience, that vve are the children of God, and have done thy vvill ſincerely, […]”
  3. (ambitransitive)To be evidence of.
    “"Iberian-Sardinian" substrate features have been posited time and time again. These have usually been explained as testifying to a migration from the Iberian Peninsula to Sardinia in prehistoric times.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.

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