testify
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/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/
Definition of testify
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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
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(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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(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, […]”
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(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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