In asseverative formulæ, in which a deity or a human being is invoked as one who is cognizant of a fact; as God is my witness, be my witness that.‥…
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释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] > call to witness (6) to call or take to (one's) witness1297 In asseverative formulæ, in which a deity or a human being is invoked as one who is cognizant of a fact; as God is my witness, be my witness that.‥… to draw, take to warrantc1330 One who is answerable for a fact or statement; an authoritative witness. to †draw, take to warrant: to appeal to as evidence. to call (also take) to recorda1393 to call (also take) to record: to summon or appeal to (a person) to witness something; (also) to adduce as evidence. Cf. to call to witness at witness… to call to suretya1616 to call to surety: to call a person to act as surety (sense 2). Obsolete. rare. obtest1650 intransitive. (a) To make supplication or entreaty; to beseech or implore; to plead with a person. (b) To call heaven to witness; to protest against. to call on ——1655 intransitive. To appeal to (something) as an authority or precedent; = to call upon —— 3c at phrasal verbs 2. |
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