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Testify

//ˈtɛstɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. ambitransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    give testimony in a court of law wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. ambitransitive

    "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness."

  4. 4
    provide evidence for wordnet
  5. 5
    To be evidence of. ambitransitive

    ""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."

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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