Category:Testify

Tes"ti*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Testified; p. pr. & vb. n. Testifying.] Etym: [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. Jesus. . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew What was in man. John ii. 25.

2. (law)

Defn: 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. One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Num. xxxv. 30.

3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear Witness; -- with against. O israel,. . . I will testify against thee. Ps. l. 7. I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Neh. Xiii. 15.

Testify Tes"ti*fy, v. t.

1. To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to Affirm or declare solemny. We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye Receive not our witness. John iii. 11.

2. (law)

Defn: to affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a Tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

Testify Tes"ti*fy, adv.

Defn: in a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.