Testify

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1. Verb

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. Verb

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. Verb

To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

4. Verb

To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

5. Verb

To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

6. Adverb

In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

7. Verb

provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
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