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verb

Testify v. t.

To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny. "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness."

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

Testify v. i. (past & past part. testified; pres. part. testifying)

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. "Jesus... needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man."

(Law) 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. "One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die."

To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; with against. "O Israel,... I will testify against thee." "I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals."

adverb

Testify adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

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Etymology of 'Testify'

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"Testify" Quotes from Famous Books

... our own better Protestant churches there is that which threatens to lead to most serious evils. On this point one of their own popular ministers, who is well qualified to speak, may testify. A sermon by Charles Beecher contains ...

— The United States in the Light of Prophecy • Uriah Smith

... doubt at the Coort-martial? Wud twelve honust sodger-bhoys swear away the life av a dear, quiet, swate-timpered man such as is Mulvaney—wid his line av pipe-clay roun' his cot, threatenin' us wid murdher av we overshtepped ut, as we can truthful testify?' ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... the King my Lord sent Khani,(184) I was resting in the city of Tunip (Tennib) and there was no knowledge behold of his arriving. Whereupon he gave notice, and coming after him also, have I not reached him? And let Khani speak to testify with what humility, and let the King my Lord ask him how my brethren have prepared to tend (him), and Betilu will send to his presence oxen and beasts and fowls: his food and his drink will be provided. I shall give horses and beasts for ...

— Egyptian Literature

... portion of the older myths arose from nature poetry which is no longer directly intelligible to us, but has to be interpreted by means of analogies. Nor does it follow that these myths betray any historical identity; they only testify to the same kind of conception and tendency prevailing on similar stages of development. Of these nature myths some have reference to the life and the circumstances of the sun, and our first steps towards an understanding of ...

— Modern Mythology • Andrew Lang

... charming wife are among the intimate friends of our host, and we have already several times dined in his neat and comfortable seven-roomed house. Even 'pupil-daughters' are not lacking in his house, for his wife enjoys—and justly, as I can testify—the reputation of possessing a special amount of mental and moral culture; and, as you know, pupil-daughters choose not the great house, but the superior housewife. And if it should strike you as remarkable that such a Phoenix of a woman should be the wife of a simple factory-hand, ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

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