Both Uses of
testify
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much, these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.†
p. 43.9testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- Poole said to her, with a ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves; and indeed, when the girl had so suddenly raised the note of her lamentation, they had all started and turned toward the inner door with faces of dreadful expectation.†
p. 54.4 *testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
Definition:
provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law