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testified 音标拼音: [t'ɛstəf ,ɑɪd] Testify \ Tes" ti* fy\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Testified}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Testifying}.] [ OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness - ficare ( in comp.) to make. See {- fy}, and cf. { Attest}, { Contest}, { Detest}, { Protest}, { Testament}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. -- John ii. 25. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster] One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. -- Num. xxxv. 30. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against. [ 1913 Webster] O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee. -- Ps. l. 7. [ 1913 Webster] I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. -- Neh. xiii. 15. [ 1913 Webster]
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