Associations to the word «Testify»

Wiktionary

TESTIFY, verb. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
TESTIFY, verb. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.

Dictionary definition

TESTIFY, verb. Give testimony in a court of law.
TESTIFY, verb. Provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky