Synonyms

take_the_stand bear_witness attest

Used in print

I can testify that motels , service and comfort_stations ( they go together like Scots and heather ) , dog wagons , roadside restaurants , souvenir stands and snake farms are braced and waiting .

Vital secrets of Britain 's first atomic submarine , the Dreadnought , and , by implication , of the entire United_States navy 's still-building nuclear sub fleet , were stolen by a London-based soviet spy ring , secret_service agents testified today .

When arrested , he had the submarine secrets on a roll of candid_camera film as_well as anti-submarine secrets in Christmas_gift wrapping , it was testified .

The spy ring also was particularly interested in ASDIC , the underwater equipment for detecting submarines , it was testified .

But court adjourned after he testified he introduced James_White and Jeremiah_Hope_Pullings , two of the defendants , and also introduced Pullings to Jessy_Maroy , a man mentioned in the indictment but not indicted .

Related terms

declare declare vouch law testimony testimony testifier

Synonyms

show prove evidence bear_witness

Examples

"The blood test showed that he was the father" "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

Used in print

His repeated experimentation with the techniques of fiction testifies to an independence of mind and an originality of approach , but it also shows him touching at many points the stream of literary development back of him .

Related terms

inform attest adduce presume law evidence testimony testimony