Synonyms for bear witness
bear wit·ness

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1. bear witnessverb

   Synonyms:
   testify

2. bear witnessverb

   To deliver a testimony, especially as witness

   He hesitated to bear witness against them in court for fear of reprisals by the fellons' accomplices

   Synonyms:
   testify

3. bear witnessverb

   To prove, demonstrate

   The dubious state of the whole society bears witness of years of misrule

   Synonyms:
   testify

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1. 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, testify, 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

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

   give testimony in a court of law

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

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1. • Declare
   • Law

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1. bear witness

   Synonyms:
   testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, SWEAR

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1. Bruce Hindmarsh:

   On the whole, people are trying to bear witness to the fact that God has broken into their lives, that God still acts in the present world, it's not supposed to be a story about yourself. It's supposed to be about God.

2. Ron Wyden:

   If politicians want to restrict the First Amendment or eliminate the tools with which much of the world communicates in real time, they should understand they are also taking away the tools that bear witness to government brutality, war crimes, corporate lawlessness and incidents of racial bias.

3. Hilary Roberts:

   War is such an extreme human experience, people have the urge to either bear witness -- and the camera is a very good way of doing that -- or they seek insight and understanding.

4. Santiago Lyon:

   Abd is an internationally celebrated journalist who upholds the AP's high standards of ethics and integrity, independent news organizations must be permitted to bear witness to news events without fear of government interference or reprisal.

5. Jesus:

   To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.