testify

«testify» in Mova's school dictionary: to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (testifies, testified, testifying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath. tree →

2) To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight. tree →

sense in the lessons

witnesses who tell what they saw; a story can testify that something happened long ago

examples

• The boy was ready to testify in court. tree →
• The witnesses testified that they saw the man. tree →
• The old stones testify to a long history. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
• Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
• Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «testify» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.