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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of testify.

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  • CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Palin testifies in hacking case « - Blogs from CNN. com

    Palin testifies in hacking case 2010

  • CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Palin testifies in hacking case « - Blogs from CNN. com

    Palin testifies in hacking case 2010

  • This is a piece of unalloyed trash, a libel hatched by a low type of woman whose refusal to publish under her true name testifies to the evil of her intentions.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • This is a piece of unalloyed trash, a libel hatched by a low type of woman whose refusal to publish under her true name testifies to the evil of her intentions.

    Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

  • Of these rare poetical pieces four are unnoticed by Lowndes; five of them are published anonymously; but their similarity to those with an author's name testifies the source from which the others emanated.

    Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 Various

  • Thine own word testifies that 'every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.'

    The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham

  • This word testifies to a type of godly life that was deeply sincere.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Every word testifies that they were indited by a writer of puissant individuality, disengaged from the shackles of conventional homiletics, and boldly striking out on untrodden paths.

    Jewish Literature and Other Essays Gustav Karpeles 1878

  • The complaint alleges, the only record offered proves, the only witness called testifies to, an escape from Richmond on the twenty-fourth day of March last.

    Anthony Burns : a history, 1856

  • Thine own word testifies that 'every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.'

    The Power of Faith Graham, Isabella 1843

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