BEAR WITNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Give testimony in a court of law

Synonyms:

attest; bear witness; take the stand; testify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bear witness" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear witness"):

vouch (give personal assurance; guarantee)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Provide evidence for

Example:

Her behavior testified to her incompetence

Synonyms:

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bear witness" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear witness"):

attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)

presume (constitute reasonable evidence for)

abduce; adduce; cite (advance evidence for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE