Both Uses of
testify
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Notwithstanding Miss Pross's denial of her own imagination, there was a perception of the pain of being monotonously haunted by one sad idea, in her repetition of the phrase, walking up and down, which testified to her possessing such a thing.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- "I could not better testify my respect for your sister than by finally relieving her of her brother," said Sydney Carton.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(testify) provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law