'Testify' definitions:
Definition of 'testify'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
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]
Definition of 'Testify'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Testify'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Testify'
From: GCIDE
- Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'testify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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