All 5 Uses of
testify
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Now a witness was called who testified that he found Muff Potter washing in the brook, at an early hour of the morning that the murder was discovered, and that he immediately sneaked away.†
Chpt 23 *
- Many men were moved, and many women's compassion testified itself in tears.†
Chpt 23
- Poor Huck was in the same state of wretchedness and terror, for Tom had told the whole story to the lawyer the night before the great day of the trial, and Huck was sore afraid that his share in the business might leak out, yet, notwithstanding Injun Joe's flight had saved him the suffering of testifying in court.†
Chpt 24
- They talked it all over, and as they entered town they agreed to believe that he might possibly mean somebody elseāat least that he might at least mean nobody but Tom, since only Tom had testified.†
Chpt 26
- Tom wondered that Joe had not recognized his voice and come over and killed him for testifying in court.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(testify) provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law