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testify

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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.

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.

To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.

To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.

To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.

In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The blood test showed that he was the father Source: Internet

Her behavior testified to her incompetence Source: Internet

According to reporting in the Washington Post, Signorelli later sought marriage privileges to avoid having to testify against Tassone, just as he’s shown doing in the movie. Source: Internet

ACB director Reyneck Matembasaid all five judges--Healey Potani, Dingiswayo Madise, Redson Kapindu, Ivy Kamanga and Mike Tembo--will testify in court alongside four investigators from the graft-busting body. Source: Internet

Admitting his guilt and offering to testify against others, Ahmetspahic told the court that his marriage to a Bosnian woman and becoming a father “gave me the strength” to work for their return to Bosnia. Source: Internet

A long zig-zagging wall of peat turves and packed sand had apparently been constructed beforehand: concentrations of battle debris in front of it and a dearth behind it testify to the Romans' inability to breach the Germans' strong defense. Source: Internet

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