verb
- to give evidence as a witness in a court of law
- to make a statement based on personal knowledge or belief; to bear witness
- to serve as evidence or proof of something
Usage: legal
Examples
- The witness will testify in court tomorrow.
- She testified that she saw the accident happen.
- Several experts testified about the safety of the new drug.
- I can testify to his honesty and integrity.
- The broken windows testify to the storm’s intensity.
- His success testifies to years of hard work.
- The defendant chose not to testify in his own defense.