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testify
English
Etymology
From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testific?r?, present active infinitive of testificor (“I bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?st?fa?/
- Hyphenation: tes?ti?fy
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
testify (third-person singular simple present testifies, present participle testifying, simple past and past participle testified) (transitive, intransitive)
- To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
- 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:
- It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.
- One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:
- To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
- We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Synonyms
- bear witness
Related terms
- attest
- testimony
- testimonial
Translations
See also
- compel testimony
Further reading
- testify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- testify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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testatrix
English
Etymology
From Late Latin test?tr?x, feminine of Latin test?tor (“one who makes a will”); see testator.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?s?te?t??ks/
- Rhymes: -e?t??ks
Noun
testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)
- (law) A female testator.
Related terms
- testament
- testator
- testify
- testimonial
- testimony
References
- testatrix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- testatrix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Etymology
testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +? -?tr?x
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tes?ta?.tri?ks/, [t??s??t?ä?t??i?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tes?ta.triks/, [t??s?t???t??iks]
Noun
test?tr?x f (genitive test?tr?cis, masculine test?tor); third declension
- a female testator; testatrix
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- testatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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