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tes·ti·fy

Audio Help [tes-tuh-fahy] Pronunciation Key verb, -fied, -fy·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to bear witness; give or afford evidence.

2.	Law. to give testimony under oath or solemn affirmation, usually in court.

3.	to make solemn declaration.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to bear witness to; affirm as fact or truth; attest.

5.	to give or afford evidence of in any manner.

6.	Law. to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court.

7.	to declare, profess, or acknowledge openly.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME testifyen < L testificārī to bear witness, equiv. to testi(s) witness + -ficārī -fy

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—Related forms

tes·ti·fi·er, noun

—Synonyms 5. indicate, show, signify, prove.

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tes·ti·fy Audio Help   (těs'tə-fī') Pronunciation Key
v.   test·i·fied, test·i·fy·ing, test·i·fies

v.   intr.

To make a declaration of truth or fact under oath; submit testimony: witnesses testifying before a grand jury.
To express or declare a strong belief, especially to make a declaration of faith.
To make a statement based on personal knowledge in support of an asserted fact; bear witness: the exhilaration of weightlessness, to which many astronauts have testified.
To serve as evidence: wreckage that testifies to the ferocity of the storm.

v. tr.

To declare publicly; make known: testifying their faith.
To state or affirm under oath: testified in court that he saw the defendant.
To bear witness to; provide evidence for. See Synonyms at indicate.

[Middle English testifien, from Latin testificārī : testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots + -ficārī, -fy.]

tes'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., tes'ti·fi'er n.

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