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Meaning of 'testify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Testify [ adv.]
- In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
2 . Testify [ 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.
- 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.
- To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
3 . Testify [ v. t.]
- To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
- To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

Meaning of 'testify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . testify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- provide evidence for
Example in sentence:
  • Her behavior testified to her incompetence;
  • The blood test showed that he was the father

Nearby Words:

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