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BEAR WITNESS
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
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
