Dictionary Entry
testify
testify is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, adverb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
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.
- 3intransitive verb
To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
- 4transitive verb
To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
- 5transitive verb
To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
- 6adverb
In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
- 7verb
give testimony in a court of law
Synonyms
- 8verb
provide evidence for
"The blood test showed that he was the father"
"Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
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