All 4 Uses
testify
in
Gone with the Wind
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- The Klan had acted to save the as yet unnamed victim from having to testify in open court.†
Chpt 4.42testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- They saw no reason why the girl should mind testifying publicly.†
Chpt 4.42 *testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- There are a dozen Yankee soldiers who can testify to that.†
Chpt 4.45testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- We gave her a list of the men who were out tonight and she and her girls will testify that they were all in her house tonight.†
Chpt 4.45
Definitions:
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(1)
(testify) provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)