Antonyms for testify
ˈtɛs təˌfaɪtes·ti·fy

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1. testifyverb

   Synonyms:
   bear witness

2. testifyverb

   to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath

   Synonyms:
   bear witness

3. testifyverb

   to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith

   Synonyms:
   bear witness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. testify

   Acknowledge, admit, and declare refer either to oneself or to others; all the other words refer only to one's own knowledge or action. To avow is to declare boldly and openly, commonly as something one is ready to justify, maintain, or defend. A man acknowledges another's claim or his own promise; he admits an opponent's advantage or his own error; he declares either what he has seen or experienced or what he has received from another; he avers what he is sure of from his own knowledge or consciousness; he gives his assurance as the voucher for what he avouches; he avows openly a belief or intention that he has silently held. Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present. Avow has usually a good sense; what a person avows he at least does not treat as blameworthy, criminal, or shameful; if he did, he would be said to confess it; yet there is always the suggestion that some will be ready to challenge or censure what one avows; as, the clergyman avowed his dissent from the doctrine of his church. Own applies to all things, good or bad, great or small, which one takes as his own. Compare CONFESS; STATE.

   Antonyms:
   contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, ignore, repudiate

   Synonyms:
   admit, aver, avouch, avow, confess, declare, knowledge, own, proclaim, profess, protest, witness

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1. testify

   Antonyms:
   misdeclare, misaffirm, misdepose, mistestify, falsify

   Synonyms:
   depose, swear, declare, witness, protest, affirm, verify, attest, confirm, certify, asseverate

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1. testify, attest, take the stand, bear witnessverb

   give testimony in a court of law

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, take the stand, evidence, show, attest, certify, manifest, bear witness, prove

2. testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, showverb

   provide evidence for

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

   Synonyms:
   attest, express, rise, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, register, show, establish, depict, test, evidence, try out, tell, present, read, point, examine, indicate, take the stand, record, picture, certify, usher, designate, essay, raise, render, evince, prove, shew, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up, bear witness

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1. testifyverb

   Synonyms:
   depose, attest, asseverate, verify

How to use testify in a sentence?

1. Nina Jankowicz:

   I will happily testify to the truth of the Board under oath: That it was a working group meant to curb disinformation that endangered Americans’ safety, and that — because of the Republican Party’s irresponsible lies about it — our democracy is less secure.

2. Julian Mulvey:

   The Special Counsel has asked Tad Devine to appear and testify about media consulting work on past political campaigns in Ukraine, we are happy to assist in the important fact-finding work of this investigation to achieve justice and protect our democracy.

3. Adam Schiff:

   We want to know what Ginni Thomas knows, what Ginni Thomas involvement was in this plot to overturn the election, ginni Thomas has said that Ginni Thomas is willing to come in and testify voluntarily. We're glad to hear that.

4. Ricardo Garcia:

   It brings into question the credibility of these officers, right ? because when they write reports, when they testify, when they talk about our clients to the prosecutor, their credibility about what our clients may or may not have done, is being weighed.

5. Ken Cuccinelli:

   Chairman Thompson can complain all he wants, but the facts are clear, and they are not on his side, longstanding precedent says that pending nominees don't testify to other committees as their nomination is pending.

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