testify
Speak under oath
Testify means to give evidence or bear witness, most formally in a legal setting where a person testifies under oath about what they know or observed.
The word extends beyond courtrooms: you can testify to someone's character or testify that a product works as advertised.
In religious contexts, to testify is to publicly declare one's faith or share a personal spiritual experience.
Several witnesses testified against the defendant.
I can testify to her honesty.
One who attests
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- perjuryCriminal courtroom dishonesty
affidavit · evidence · trial · sworn · oath · court · jury · verdict
One who attests
- faithTrust without proof
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
revival · conversion · belief · blessing · praise · proclaim · evangelize · confess
State officially
- assertDeclare confidently true
- avowDeclare openly as true
- certifyFormally verify as true
- confirmValidate as true
state · proclaim · profess · maintain · vouch · swear · verify · validate
Establish as fact
- demonstrateShow or prove something
- substantiateProve something is true
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- supportTo uphold or sustain
document · exhibit · indicate · show · establish · confirm · verify · authenticate
witness
One who attests
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
perjury · affidavit · evidence · trial · sworn · oath · court · jury · verdict · prosecution
witness
One who attests
congregation · revival · conversion · belief · blessing · praise · proclaim · evangelize · confess · ministry
declare
State officially
confirm · state · proclaim · profess · maintain · vouch · swear · verify · validate · authenticate
prove
Establish as fact
- demonstrateShow or prove something
- substantiateProve something is true
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
support · document · exhibit · indicate · show · establish · confirm · verify · authenticate · validate
eyewitness
One who saw events
firsthand · account · recount · describe · report · inform · identify · recall · perceive · present
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- speaking upspeak up, speak out, speak freely, voice, give voice
- evangelismgospel outreach, evangelize, evangelist, born again, evangelizing
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- Christianesealtar call, backslider, blessed, born again, churched
testifyremain silent
keep quiet · say nothing · plead the fifth · hold one's tongue · clam up
- courtroom testimonySworn statements in trial
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
- expert testimonySpecialist's courtroom statement
- witness testimonySworn statement from observer
- false testimonyLying while legally sworn
- eyewitness testimonyEvidence from direct observers
testimony, testimonial, testified, testis, testifies, testifying, testifier, testifiers