testifyv.

/ˈtɛstɪfʌɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s testy-, Middle English–1600s teste-; Middle English -fiȝe, Middle English–1500s -fye, Middle English–1700s -fie, 1500s (Scottish) -fei.

Etymology: < late or medieval Latin testificāre, classical Latin testificārī to bear witness, proclaim, < testis witness + ficus making: see -fy suffix. So obsolete French testifier (16th cent.).

a. transitive. To bear witness to, or give proof of (a fact); to assert or affirm the truth of (a statement); to attest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)]

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assert1821

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)]

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avoucha1513

aver1548

vouch1591

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiii. 172 Meny prouerbis ich myghte haue of meny holy seyntes, To testifie [v.rr. testefie, testefiȝe] for treuthe þe tale þat ich shewe.

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 452 That can Dame Nature well testyfy.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 10 §2 ij witnesses or moo that woll witnesse and testefie the seid payment.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxij We speake that we knowe, and testify that we have sene.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lv^v A sygne wherby he maye testifie, that he careth for vs.

16.. Rolls of Parl. II. 438/1 It is testified by the said Earle..that the said Arnold was taken.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 180 In case of sicknesse, or other good cause, testified and allowed by the Captain.

1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 325 The superlative wisdom of Socrates is testified by all antiquity.

b. intransitive (usually with of) and absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)]

to bear (one) witnesslOE

witne?c1225

to bear witnessinga1300

to bear recordc1330

testimonyc1330

testify1377

witnessc1380

recordc1400

militatec1600

suffragate1620

testate1624

depone1640

attest1672

rap1728

certify1874

certificate1907

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (intransitive)]

testify1377

I dare layc1380

borrowc1475

to engage fora1680

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 93 Þanne shal he testifye of a trinitee and take his felawe to witnesse.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.iii That they shulde testyfy, with hym in this case.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj^v Iesus..neded nott, that eny man shulde testify off man. For he knewe what was in man.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue To Rdr. sig. *iv^v Those which take in hand to testifie of any matter whatsoever.

1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 192 Drop down, ye Showers, and testify as you fall, testify of His grace.

a1882 J. P. Quincy Figures of Past (1884) 228 [He] testified to me of the affection with which he was regarded by his slaves.

2. transferred of things:

Thesaurus »

a. transitive. To serve as evidence of; to constitute proof or testimony of.

1445 in Anglia XXVIII. 271 Also thi writyng testifieth thi yiftes be not streyned.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 238 Dioclesians Bathes, whose ruines testifie the vastnesse of its original foundation.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 132 Do not these shells testify a present, or a former communication between these contending elements of fire and water?

1849 W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers I. ii. 42 The manuscript volumes..still remain to testify his diligence.

1879 T. H. Huxley Hume vi. 116 The proposition..must mean..that the fact is testified by my present consciousness.

b. intransitive and absol.

ΚΠ

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 147 The brickes are aliue at this day to testifie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 129 Why heere is the note of the fashion to testify... Reade it.1879 M. Pattison Milton iii. 37 His three Latin epigrams addressed to this lady..testify to the enthusiasm she excited in the musical soul of Milton.

a. transitive. To profess and openly acknowledge (a fact, belief, object of faith or devotion, etc.); to proclaim as something that one knows or believes. Chiefly biblical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > acknowledge belief [verb (transitive)]

confess1509

testify1526

profess1549

the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (transitive)]

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acknowOE

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testify1526

reacknowledge1550

avouch1606

to take with ——a1653

upgivea1776

society > faith > aspects of faith > [verb (transitive)] > acknowledge or profess

testify1526

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xx. 24 The ministracion which I have receaved of the lorde Jesu to testify the gospell of the grace of god.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras ii. 36 I testifie my sauioure openly.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 152 To testifie our fall in Adam, the Church appoints us to fall upon our knees.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. ii. 112 He..stood upon his feet,..and exclaimed, I testify that there is no deity but God.

1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 73 They testify their faith therein openly and aloud.

b. intransitive. To bear testimony.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)]

testify1785

the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (intransitive)]

to be beknowna1300

acknowc1300

knowledgec1384

knowa1400

confess1587

subscribea1616

own1772

testify1785

society > faith > aspects of faith > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or profess

testify1785

to give one's testimony1877

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 856 In vain thy creatures testify of thee, Till thou proclaim thyself.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 312 Them that witnessed, and testified, and fought, and endured pit, prison-house, and transportation.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 365 They had no mind to be martyrs, for they had nothing for which to testify.

4. intransitive and transitive. To declare solemnly; = protest v. 3. Obsolete except in biblical use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (intransitive)] > solemnly

testify1526

the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > solemnly

testify1526

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xiii. f. cxlj^v Iesus..was troubled in his sprete, and testified sayinge: verely verely I saye vnto you, that won off you shall betraye me.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. v. 3 I testifie agayne to every man..that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. iv. 1 I testifie therfore before god, and before the lorde Jesu Christ..preache the worde, be fervent, be it in season or out of season.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. viii. 9 Testifye vnto them, and shewe them the lawe of the kynge that shall raigne ouer them.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. xlix. 7 Let me testifie amonge you, o Israel: I am God euen thy God.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xx. 21 Testifying [Gk. διαμαρτυρόμενος; L. testificans; earlier vv. witnessing] to Iewes and Gentils penance toward God and faith in our Lord Iesus Christ.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 721 At length a Reverend Sire among them came,..And testifi'd against thir wayes.

5. transitive. To give evidence of, display, manifest, express (desire, emotion, etc.). Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

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atewOE

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openOE

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forthshowa1300

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report1548

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to set forth1551

demonstrate1553

to hold forth1560

testify1560

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to give show of1567

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to bring out1608

palesate1613

pronounce1615

to speak out1623

elicit1641

confess1646

bear1657

breathe1667

outplay1702

to throw out1741

evolve1744

announce1781

develop1806

exfoliate1808

evince1829

exposit1882

pack1925

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] > by one's action or behaviour

kitheOE

haveOE

showc1175

discoverc1450

to show outc1450

to show forthc1515

manifesta1525

testify1560

specifya1575

witness1581

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1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxx^v An oration..testifying the inward sorow, which he had conceaued.

1678 Spanish Hist. 32 The people of Madrid testified a great desire of seeing our young Prince.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome vi. 107 Nothing was too much to testify the Peoples Joy.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. iv. 192 He was the only Person..who testified any real Concern.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. viii. 228 She begs her brother..to testify his own satisfaction by the most gracious letters..that he can write.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. viii. 686 The grimly sympathetic Generals testified assent.

Derivatives

ˈtestifying n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun]

i-witnessc888

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attestation1598

testation1642

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adduction1687

attestment1850

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > offering evidence

testifying1585

testificatory1593

evidencing1609

evidentiala1641

suffragant1652

attesting1720

evidentiary1780

evincive1805

documentary1843

evidencive1851

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iv. 74 A testifying of our godlinesse towards him.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. C For a testifying incouragement how much I wish thy encrease in those languages.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 222 A seal is an engaging or obliging sign, or at least a testifying.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 184 A man, exercised in the testimonies of that testifying period.

1901 C. G. McCrie Confess. Ch. Scotl. II. i. 151 It reveals no advance upon the testifyings of New Light Burghers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	testify
释义	† testifyn. Forms: In 1500s Scottish plural testefeis. Etymology: < testify v. Obsolete. rare^—1. A certificate or testimony. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > certificate attesting a fact certificate1489 letter certificatory1520 certificationa1563 testify1600 patent1609 allocatur1676 certificatory1695 parchment1851 1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 246/2 That..they may..produce sic testefeis of thair antiquiteis as may informe the saidis commissionaris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). testifyv. /ˈtɛstɪfʌɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s testy-, Middle English–1600s teste-; Middle English -fiȝe, Middle English–1500s -fye, Middle English–1700s -fie, 1500s (Scottish) -fei. Etymology: < late or medieval Latin testificāre, classical Latin testificārī to bear witness, proclaim, < testis witness + ficus making: see -fy suffix. So obsolete French testifier (16th cent.). 1. a. transitive. To bear witness to, or give proof of (a fact); to assert or affirm the truth of (a statement); to attest. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] witne?c1225 witnessa1300 testimonyc1330 record1340 testify1393 depose1529 detest1562 voucher1609 voucha1616 evidence1620 bespeak1674 rap1728 assert1821 the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] certify1330 highta1375 testify1393 fortifyc1449 avoucha1513 aver1548 vouch1591 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiii. 172 Meny prouerbis ich myghte haue of meny holy seyntes, To testifie [v.rr. testefie, testefiȝe] for treuthe þe tale þat ich shewe. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 452 That can Dame Nature well testyfy. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 10 §2 ij witnesses or moo that woll witnesse and testefie the seid payment. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxij We speake that we knowe, and testify that we have sene. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lv^v A sygne wherby he maye testifie, that he careth for vs. 16.. Rolls of Parl. II. 438/1 It is testified by the said Earle..that the said Arnold was taken. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 180 In case of sicknesse, or other good cause, testified and allowed by the Captain. 1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 325 The superlative wisdom of Socrates is testified by all antiquity. b. intransitive (usually with of) and absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] to bear (one) witnesslOE witne?c1225 to bear witnessinga1300 to bear recordc1330 testimonyc1330 testify1377 witnessc1380 recordc1400 militatec1600 suffragate1620 testate1624 depone1640 attest1672 rap1728 certify1874 certificate1907 the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (intransitive)] testify1377 I dare layc1380 borrowc1475 to engage fora1680 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 93 Þanne shal he testifye of a trinitee and take his felawe to witnesse. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.iii That they shulde testyfy, with hym in this case. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj^v Iesus..neded nott, that eny man shulde testify off man. For he knewe what was in man. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue To Rdr. sig. iv^v Those which take in hand to testifie of any matter whatsoever. 1746–7 J. Hervey Medit.* (1818) 192 Drop down, ye Showers, and testify as you fall, testify of His grace. a1882 J. P. Quincy Figures of Past (1884) 228 [He] testified to me of the affection with which he was regarded by his slaves. 2. transferred of things: Thesaurus » a. transitive. To serve as evidence of; to constitute proof or testimony of. 1445 in Anglia XXVIII. 271 Also thi writyng testifieth thi yiftes be not streyned. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 238 Dioclesians Bathes, whose ruines testifie the vastnesse of its original foundation. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 132 Do not these shells testify a present, or a former communication between these contending elements of fire and water? 1849 W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers I. ii. 42 The manuscript volumes..still remain to testify his diligence. 1879 T. H. Huxley Hume vi. 116 The proposition..must mean..that the fact is testified by my present consciousness. b. intransitive and absol. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 147 The brickes are aliue at this day to testifie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 129 Why heere is the note of the fashion to testify... Reade it.1879 M. Pattison Milton iii. 37 His three Latin epigrams addressed to this lady..testify to the enthusiasm she excited in the musical soul of Milton. 3. a. transitive. To profess and openly acknowledge (a fact, belief, object of faith or devotion, etc.); to proclaim as something that one knows or believes. Chiefly biblical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > acknowledge belief [verb (transitive)] confess1509 testify1526 profess1549 the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (transitive)] kenc975 kithec1000 acknowOE anyetec1175 knowledgec1225 beknowc1325 avow1330 granta1400 acknowledge1481 recognize1509 confess1526 profess1526 testify1526 reacknowledge1550 avouch1606 to take with ——a1653 upgivea1776 society > faith > aspects of faith > [verb (transitive)] > acknowledge or profess testify1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xx. 24 The ministracion which I have receaved of the lorde Jesu to testify the gospell of the grace of god. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras ii. 36 I testifie my sauioure openly. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 152 To testifie our fall in Adam, the Church appoints us to fall upon our knees. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. ii. 112 He..stood upon his feet,..and exclaimed, I testify that there is no deity but God. 1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 73 They testify their faith therein openly and aloud. b. intransitive. To bear testimony. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] testify1785 the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > acknowledge, avow, or confess [verb (intransitive)] to be beknowna1300 acknowc1300 knowledgec1384 knowa1400 confess1587 subscribea1616 own1772 testify1785 society > faith > aspects of faith > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or profess testify1785 to give one's testimony1877 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 856 In vain thy creatures testify of thee, Till thou proclaim thyself. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 312 Them that witnessed, and testified, and fought, and endured pit, prison-house, and transportation. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 365 They had no mind to be martyrs, for they had nothing for which to testify. 4. intransitive and transitive. To declare solemnly; = protest v. 3. Obsolete except in biblical use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (intransitive)] > solemnly testify1526 the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > solemnly testify1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xiii. f. cxlj^v Iesus..was troubled in his sprete, and testified sayinge: verely verely I saye vnto you, that won off you shall betraye me. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. v. 3 I testifie agayne to every man..that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. iv. 1 I testifie therfore before god, and before the lorde Jesu Christ..preache the worde, be fervent, be it in season or out of season. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. viii. 9 Testifye vnto them, and shewe them the lawe of the kynge that shall raigne ouer them. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. xlix. 7 Let me testifie amonge you, o Israel: I am God euen thy God. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xx. 21 Testifying [Gk. διαμαρτυρόμενος; L. testificans; earlier vv. witnessing] to Iewes and Gentils penance toward God and faith in our Lord Iesus Christ. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 721 At length a Reverend Sire among them came,..And testifi'd against thir wayes. View more context for this quotation 5. transitive. To give evidence of, display, manifest, express (desire, emotion, etc.). Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] > by one's action or behaviour kitheOE haveOE showc1175 discoverc1450 to show outc1450 to show forthc1515 manifesta1525 testify1560 specifya1575 witness1581 mark1791 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxx^v An oration..testifying the inward sorow, which he had conceaued. 1678 Spanish Hist. 32 The people of Madrid testified a great desire of seeing our young Prince. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome vi. 107 Nothing was too much to testify the Peoples Joy. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. iv. 192 He was the only Person..who testified any real Concern. View more context for this quotation 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. viii. 228 She begs her brother..to testify his own satisfaction by the most gracious letters..that he can write. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. viii. 686 The grimly sympathetic Generals testified assent. Derivatives ˈtestifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] i-witnessc888 witshipc900 warranting1303 recordc1330 witnessingc1330 bearingc1400 testificationc1450 certificate1472 certification1532 induction1551 suffrage1563 vouching1574 testifying1585 attestation1598 testation1642 attesting1661 adduction1687 attestment1850 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > offering evidence testifying1585 testificatory1593 evidencing1609 evidentiala1641 suffragant1652 attesting1720 evidentiary1780 evincive1805 documentary1843 evidencive1851 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iv. 74 A testifying of our godlinesse towards him. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. C For a testifying incouragement how much I wish thy encrease in those languages. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 222 A seal is an engaging or obliging sign, or at least a testifying. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 184 A man, exercised in the testimonies of that testifying period. 1901 C. G. McCrie Confess. Ch. Scotl. II. i. 151 It reveals no advance upon the testifyings of New Light Burghers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1600v.1377
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† testifyn.

testifyv.

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