testify

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verb

1. give testimony in a court of law (Freq. 13)
• Syn:
attest, take the stand, bear witness
• Derivationally related forms:
attestation (for: attest), attestant (for: attest), testimony, testifier
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
declare
• Hyponyms:
vouch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They testify that there was a traffic accident
2. provide evidence for (Freq. 1)
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
• Syn:
bear witness, prove, evidence, show
• Derivationally related forms:
evidence (for: evidence), testimony, testifier
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence,
presume, adduce, abduce, cite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: bear witness)
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bear witness, prove, evidence, show, attest, take the stand