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VERB (2)

1. give testimony in a court of law;
[syn: testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness]

2. provide evidence for;
- Example: "The blood test showed that he was the father"
- Example: "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
[syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Testified; p. pr. & vb. n. Testifying.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy, and cf. Attest, Contest, Detest, Protest, Testament.] 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. [1913 Webster] Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. --John ii. 25. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. --Num. xxxv. 30. [1913 Webster] 3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against. [1913 Webster] O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. --Ps. l. 7. [1913 Webster] I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. --Neh. xiii. 15. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. t. 1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny. [1913 Webster] We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. --John iii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

testify v 1: give testimony in a court of law [syn: testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness] 2: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "testify": acknowledge, affirm, allege, announce, argue, assert, assert under oath, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avouch, avow, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, book, bring forward, call to witness, certify, characterize, connote, declare, demonstrate, denominate, denote, depone, depose, differentiate, disclose, display, entail, express, give evidence, give token, guarantee, highlight, hint, identify, indicate, involve, kiss the book, manifest, mark, mean, mount, note, point to, proclaim, prove, reveal, say, show, signify, stand for, state, suggest, swear, swear by bell, swear in, swear the truth, swear to, swear to God, swear to goodness, symptomatize, symptomize, take oath, vouch, vouchsafe, vow, warrant, witness