testify
pronunciation
How to pronounce testify in British English:
UK [ˈtestɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce testify in American English:
US [ˈtestɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- give testimony in a court of law
- provide evidence for
Word Origin
- testify (v.)
- late 14c., "give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;" of things, c. 1400, "serve as evidence of," from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari "bear witness, show, demonstrate," also "call to witness," from testis "a witness" (see testament) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.
Example
- 1. Victims like him are queuing up to testify .
- 2. But it would also testify to his considerable success thus far .
- 3. We 'll know more when the designers and builders testify .
- 4. America 's justice department wants mr gorsky to testify about alleged fraud .
- 5. The lunch partner would testify to that , the attorney said .