to testify
945
5.6
- verb
- /ˈtɛstəˌfaɪ/
- Formal
:
declarar
- The witness will testify about what he saw during the incident in court.
- testify in court
- testify under oath
- witnesses testified
So I asked also, I testified in the court.
- So I asked also, I testified in the court.
- She is standing up, she's telling her story, she's testifying in in court.
- Your Honor, I'm standing before human history and I testify to you, Madam.
- Read this testament before you testify against the President.
- But the four witnesses that testified against him, we're all drug addicts.
- I mean, Michael Corleone when he has to go testify, you know, he's a war hero.
- So when they testified, they, they could only testify about Epstein and Maxwell.
- But again, she falsely testified against the people that hired her.
- Now, you had testified on her behalf at one point, correct?
- An unnamed security official testified just how real the threat was.
- And that person testified in open hearings and was ignored.
- She, she gets on the stand and testifies for me.
Examples
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And we'll need to call a trauma expert to testify.
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Mr. Johnson, you testified previously that you felt this was a pre-meditated act.
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So this guy said, will you testify that in court?
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And she did testify once and for all.
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Just come in and testify against her.
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Most people would never testify against those guys.
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Your Honor, I'm standing before human history and I testify to you, Madam.
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Cook began bringing forward a steady stream of witnesses to testify against the King.
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Getz is going to testify before a commission of inquiry.
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After lunch, a professor of neurosurgery testified as an expert witness for the other side.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
∞
4.6
To make a serious promise, often in court
73
6.0
To speak in court as a witness about what you saw
72
5.9
To say you believe or support something, often without meaning it
57
6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
29
4.6
Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it
26
8.0
To give a formal statement while promising to tell the truth
1
9.9
To give a formal statement under oath, often in writing
1
8.2
To give a written statement you swear is true to a court
Antonyms
How Formal
- Formal
∞
4.6
- Formal
945
5.6
- Formal
950
3.7
∞
1.6
∞
1.0
189
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Testify comes from the Latin word testis 'witness', and it originally meant to 'give witness' in front of others. So to testify in a court is to formally tell what you saw or know as a witness.