testify

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/ Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧fy === Verb === testify (third-person singular simple present testifies, present participle testifying, simple past and past participle testified) (ambitransitive) To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. (with to) To be evidence of. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== bear witness ==== Related terms ==== attest testimony testimonial ==== Translations ==== === See also === compel testimony === Further reading === “testify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.