Thesaurus: testify

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. i. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
4. v. t. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
5. v. t. To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
6. adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
7. v. give testimony in a court of law
8. v. provide evidence for
9. 1. 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. John ii. 25. 2. (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. Num. xxxv. 30. 3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against. O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. Ps. l. 7. I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Neh. xiii. 15. 1. 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. John iii. 11. 2. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
10. To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for thepurpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; togive testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.Num. xxxv. 30.
11. v:100 v. give testimony in a court of law v. provide evidence for