testify

testify
1. intransitive verb
1)

testify to something — etwas bezeugen

testify to somebody's high intelligence — jemandem große Intelligenz bescheinigen

2) (Law)

testify against somebody/before something — gegen jemanden/vor etwas (Dat.) aussagen

2. transitive verb
1) (declare) bestätigen
2) (be evidence of) beweisen
* * *
verb
1) (to give evidence, especially in a law court: He agreed to testify on behalf of / against the accused man.) aussagen
2) (to show or give evidence of; to state that (something) is so: I will testify to her kindness.) bezeugen
* * *
tes·ti·fy
<-ie->
[ˈtestɪfaɪ]
vi
1. LAW (give evidence) [als Zeuge, Zeugin m, f] aussagen, eine Aussage machen
to \testify against/for sb gegen/für jdn aussagen
to \testify on behalf of sb an jds Stelle [o für jdn] aussagen
to be called upon to \testify als Zeuge/Zeugin aufgerufen werden
he testified to having seen the man er sagte aus, den Mann gesehen zu haben
to \testify that ... aussagen, dass ...
2. (prove)
to \testify to sth von etw dat zeugen geh, auf etw akk hindeuten; LAW etw bezeugen
to \testify that ... person bezeugen, dass ...; object darauf hindeuten, dass ...
* * *
['testIfaɪ]
1. vt

to testify that ... (Jur) — bezeugen, dass ...

2. vi (JUR)
eine Zeugenaussage machen, aussagen

to testify against/for sb — gegen/für jdn aussagen

* * *
testify [ˈtestıfaı]
A v/i JUR (als Zeuge) aussagen:
refuse to testify die Aussage verweigern;
testify against
a) aussagen gegen jemanden,
b) BIBEL Zeugnis ablegen wider jemanden;
testify to
a) etwas bezeugen,
b) fig B 2
B v/t
1. JUR bezeugen:
testify that … aussagen, dass …
2. fig bezeugen:
a) zeugen von
b) kundtun
* * *
1. intransitive verb
1)

testify to something — etwas bezeugen

testify to somebody's high intelligence — jemandem große Intelligenz bescheinigen

2) (Law)

testify against somebody/before something — gegen jemanden/vor etwas (Dat.) aussagen

2. transitive verb
1) (declare) bestätigen
2) (be evidence of) beweisen
* * *
v.
bezeugen v.

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