Thesaurus results for TESTIFY

testify

verb

ˈte-stə-ˌfī

as in to swear

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene

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Recent Examples on the Web Driving the news: After three weeks of testimony, 12 jurors are deciding if Alissa — who declined to testify — was sane, intended to kill and understood his actions were wrong at the time of the shooting. —

Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024 On Wednesday, the day before the committee voted on the contempt charges, a lawyer for de la Torre blasted the senators and claimed that testifying at the hearing would have violated his Fifth Amendment rights, according to the Boston Globe. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024 Fred Hagen testified during a U.S. Coast Guard hearing on the Titan implosion. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024 In 1985: Tipper Gore testified at congressional hearings addressing the issue of obscenity in rock music and advocating for parental advisory labels. —

Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for testify

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