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testify

[ tes-tuh-fahy ]

verb (used without object)

testified, testifying.
  1. to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
  2. Law. to give testimony under oath or solemn affirmation, usually in court.
  3. to make solemn declaration.


verb (used with object)

testified, testifying.
  1. to bear witness to; affirm as fact or truth; attest.
  2. to give or afford evidence of in any manner.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. Law. to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
  4. to declare, profess, or acknowledge openly.

testify

/ ˈɛɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. when tr, may take a clause as object to state (something) formally as a declaration of fact

    I testify that I know nothing about him

  2. law to declare or give (evidence) under oath, esp in court
  3. whenintr, often foll by to to be evidence (of); serve as witness (to)

    the money testified to his good faith

  4. tr to declare or acknowledge openly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱپھˈپDz, noun
  • ˈٱپˌھ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٱ·پ·ھ· noun
  • ·ٱ·پ·ڲ verb (used with object) pretestified pretestifying
  • ·ٱ·پ·ڲ verb retestified retestifying
  • ܲ·ٱ·پ·ڲ·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of testify1

1350–1400; Middle English testifyen < Latin ٱپھī to bear witness, equivalent to testi ( s ) witness + -ھī -fy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of testify1

C14: from Latin ٱپھī, from testis witness
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Gen Haugh, who was not on the Signal chat, testified on Capitol Hill last week about the leak.

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“Among those who did cooperate on the witness stand, former Toonerville member Mark Gonzales testified under a grant of immunity, and there was evidence suggesting other witnesses had received a benefit in exchange for testifying.”

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“The escalation from targeting a testifying witness to making a direct death threat against the elected district attorney of Fulton County is a grave and unprecedented attack on the justice system,” the motion said.

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He explained that he first thought “there is no way a doctor, a licensed physician, would testify in a hearing that he thinks it’s OK if people have s— on them for days.”

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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he "never thought about committing fraud" as he testified in court in Spain over tax evasion charges.

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