All 3 Uses of
testify
in
Lonesome Dove
- He was up in Missouri, testifying on some stage robbers.†
Chpt 5-6 *testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- But Dee had always been partial to her and loaned her enough money to make a start in a town where she had no reputation: St. Jo, Missouri, which was where July came to testify.†
Chpt 26-27testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- In Missouri, where he had gone to testify at the trial, there was much talk of Kansas.†
Chpt 68-69
Definition:
provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law