The Meaning of testify

• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
• (v. t.) To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
• (v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
• (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Synonyms

demonstrate , take the stand , evidence , show , attest , certify , manifest , bear witness , prove , express , rise , leaven , demo , try , exhibit , register , establish , depict , test , try out , tell , present , read , point , examine , indicate , record , picture , usher , designate , essay , raise , render , evince , shew , turn out , show up , turn up , avow , knowledge , aver , confess , own , profess , admit , avouch , declare , proclaim , protest , witness

Antonyms

disown , ignore , repudiate , contradict , deny , disavow , disclaim

Rhymes

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