This word has been recently used as a challenge to express sympathy; i.e, "Testify...".
I have been called to testify in court as an expert witness.
She was afraid to testify.
For example: "The witness was called upon to testify to the Court her relation to the accused".
No, the word 'testify' is not a noun at all.The word 'testify' is a verb: to give evidence as a witness in a law court.The verb to testify is a word for an action: testify, testifies, testifying, testified.The abstract noun forms of the verb to testify are testimony and the gerund, testifying.
Perhaps the next witness will give a better description of the perpetrator.
The attorney was asked to testify as a character witness for a forty year old man on remand.
Yes. Testify comes from the root testis which means "witness".
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According to Websters dictionary, the latin word testicican (A witness) evolved into the medieval English word testifien before morphing into testify.
Before the man could testify, He had to be sworn in.
The word testimonial is a noun. It is a statement given under oath.
The district attorney granted him immunity in exchange for his testimony.When two commit a crime, the one who is least at fault is given immunity to testify against the other.
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