testify

Everyday

1. To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath. tree →
2. To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight. tree →

In the lessons

witnesses who tell what they saw; a story can testify that something happened long ago

Examples

• The boy was ready to testify in court. tree →
• The witnesses testified that they saw the man. tree →
• The old stones testify to a long history. tree →

Note

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In Jewish tradition

In the Torah a witness speaks in court, and Moses also "testifies" by warning the people with God's words.

Interpretation. The law requires more than one witness for a death sentence, and tradition reads this as protecting against unfair judgment.

Examples

• Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law. (Torah DEU.32.46, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (Writings JOB.15.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. (Prophets AMO.3.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I. (Writings PSA.50.7, JPS 1917) tree →

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nothing for maths