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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Testified; p. pr. & vb. n. Testifying.] [OF. testifier, L. testificari; testis a witness + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy, and cf. Attest, Contest, Detest, Protest, Testament.]
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To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.
Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
--John ii. 25. -
(Law) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.
One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
--Num. xxxv. 30. -
To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
O Israel, . . . I will testify against thee.
--Ps. l. 7.I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
--Neh. xiii. 15.
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, v. t.
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To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
--John iii. 11. (Law) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
Testify \Tes"ti*fy\, adv. In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;" of things, c.1400, "serve as evidence of," from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari "bear witness, show, demonstrate," also "call to witness," from testis "a witness" (see testament) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. 2 To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
WordNet
v. give testimony in a court of law [syn: attest, take the stand, bear witness]
provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: bear witness, prove, evidence, show]
[also: testified]
Wikipedia
Testify is the sixth studio album by American recording group P.O.D.. It was originally set for a December 2005 release but finally slated for January 24, 2006 by Atlantic Records. This is P.O.D.'s first major-label album not produced by Howard Benson. The full album was leaked to file-sharing networks on January 20, 2006, just four days before its release. It was also their last album with Jason Truby on guitar, before he left the band in December 2006.
This album was also available in the Testify (Limited Edition) version with a bonus CD (called Beyond Testify) featuring commentary by the band on every song on the album, as well as four bonus songs and a remix that didn't make the album. The album's first single, " Goodbye for Now," went on to become the No. 1 music video on MTV's TRL and became P.O.D.'s unprecedented 4th No. 1 video. The song also enjoyed heavy play on the radio. Testify became the No. 1 selling Christian album on Billboard for several weeks and, as of May 2006, had been in the Top 25 for a total of 16 weeks. It opened at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 58,000 scans and has sold over 210,000 copies in the US and over 500,000 copies worldwide.
Testify is a remix EP by The Damned, released by Cleopatra Records in 1997.
"Testify" is a single by rap metal band Rage Against the Machine off their third studio album The Battle of Los Angeles.
The cover of the single was taken from the 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute. The song's lyrics notably make reference to George Orwell's novel 1984 through use of "The Party" slogan "Who controls the past (now), controls the future. Who controls the present (now), controls the past." The song is a playable track on Rock Band 2.
German band Testify began in 1993 as an industrial metal side-project to the EBM band The Fair Sex, featuring founding members Rascal Nikov and Myk Jung. During the second half of the nineties, Testify became Myk and Rascal's main act, but it took a back seat when TFS returned in 2002. They have released a number of albums on Van Richter Records.
"Testify" is an uptempo soul song by the American rhythm and blues group the Isley Brothers. Written by the Isleys and recorded in 1964, it followed several successful singles by the group and was the first single to appear on their own T-Neck record label.
Music critic Richie Unterberger describes "Testify" as "a delightful track, one that worked as a both an out-and-out raver and a novelty", praising it as "tremendously exciting uptempo soul music". Jimi Hendrix provided the guitar parts, which Unterberger identifies as one of the best examples of his pre-Experience recordings.
"Testify" is a song by the band Parliament. It is a funk reworking of the song " (I Wanna) Testify", which was originally recorded in 1967 by The Parliaments and reached #3 on the Billboard R&B chart. This new version was the second single released from the 1974 album Up for the Down Stroke, and the second track on the album.
Testify is the seventh solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. The album debuted at No. 30 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart, which was also the album's peak position. It was also the second Collins studio album where no track peaked within the American top 40 singles chart. It was also his lowest charting album in the UK, becoming his only solo effort not to reach the Top 5. However, the album achieved success in some countries of Continental Europe.
Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better was originally to be titled Testify, but was retitled in anticipation of Collins' release.
Despite the shortage of success the album achieved, his subsequent First Final Farewell Tour proved to be very popular.
The album was reissued as a deluxe edition on CD, vinyl and digital on 15 April 2016, including a new second disc with bonus tracks.
Testify may refer to:
- The act of providing testimony, particularly in a court of law
Testify may also refer to:
- Testify (band)
- Testify (Caleb Johnson album), a 2014 album by Caleb Johnson
- Testify (Dynamic Praise album), a 2007 album by Dynamic Praise
- Testify (EP), a remix EP by The Damned
- Testify!, a 2011 album by Jon Stevens
- Testify (M People album), an album by M People
- Testify (Phil Collins album), a 2002 album by Phil Collins
- Testify (P.O.D. album), a 2006 album by P.O.D.
- "Testify" (Common song), a song by Common on the 2005 album Be
- "Testify" (Parliament song), a 1974 song by the funk band Parliament
- "Testify" (Rage Against the Machine song), a song by Rage Against the Machine on their 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles
- "Testify" (The Isley Brothers song), a song by The Isley Brothers covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan on the 1983 album Texas Flood
- "Testify", a song on Couldn't Have Said It Better by Meat Loaf
- The Simpsons: Testify, a 2007 compilation of original songs from The Simpsons TV series
- "Testify", a set of Go packages for testing
Testify is a compilation album released only in North America by the British house music band M People. It contains the three new tracks that the band recorded for their British compilation album, The Best of M People, the previous year, and the artwork is taken from the photographs used for that album. However, it contains two album tracks from Fresco and three remixes that originally appeared on The Best of M People's accompanying promotional remix collection in place of the originals.
In addition, four songs are replaced by different edits. It is notable for being the only place that the original versions of "Testify", "What a Fool Believes", the single mix of "Search for the Hero", and the single edits of "Angel St" and "Just for You" are available on vinyl, as its British equivalent was released on CD and cassette only. The version of "What a Fool Believes" is exclusive to this release, since an edit appears on The Best of M People.
"Testify" is the fourth single from rapper Common's 2005 album Be. Clocking in at just above two and a half minutes, it is the second shortest track on Be (after the album's intro). It is produced by Kanye West, whose beat heavily utilizes vocal samples from "Innocent Til Proven Guilty" by Honey Cone. Spence D. of IGN.com comments on this saying: "'Testify' [...] features an intricate layering of vocals which provide such an hypnotic backdrop that you almost forget to listen to Common's compelling storytelling." The song's story is about a woman who manipulates a judge and jury to find her partner guilty of a crime SHE committed. After the case is settled, she starts laughing that she is the criminal. Sean Malcolm of AllHipHop.com considers Common to have "paint[ed] pictures of extravagant court trials" on "Testify." The song was a critical hit garnering a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards.
A remix featuring soul singer Darien Brockington and a different beat was recorded.
Testify is the most current recording released by Dynamic Praise, A gospel choir from Oakwood College. This album was recorded live at Madison Mission SDA Church.
"Testify" is the eighteenth overall single from British band M People. It is the lead single from their greatest hits albums The Best of M People and, in North America, Testify. It was written by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small, and produced by M People. The single was released on 26 October 1998 and peaked at number twelve on the UK Singles Chart.
Testify is the debut album by American Idol season thirteen winner, Caleb Johnson. Its first single was released in July 2014 and the album was released on August 12, 2014, by Interscope Records and is produced by Howard Benson.
"(I Wanna) Testify" is the first hit single by the Detroit soul singing group The Parliaments. The single was released at the beginning of the summer of 1967 by Revilot Records. The single went to #3 on Billboard R&B chart and #20 on the Pop chart. It would be the only major hit for the group for the entire decade. The only member of the Parliaments to actually appear on the recording was group leader George Clinton, as the group was based in New Jersey at the time and only Clinton was able to travel to Detroit for the session. The recording was rounded off by session singers and musicians.
"(I Wanna) Testify" was reissued in 1969 on the Soultown label (Soultown 502-A). It was issued in Canada on the Transworld label (TW-1677) and on the Track label (Track 604032) in the UK. The first time that the single appeared on an album was the Track Records release Backtrack 6 in 1970 (Track 2407 006).
Group leader George Clinton later produced remakes of both "(I Wanna) Testify" and its B-side "I Can Feel The Ice Melting". The former appeared on the 1974 Parliament album Up For The Down Stroke under the abbreviated title " Testify". "I Can Feel The Ice Melting" was re-done by Otis Day and the Knights in 1989. Another P-Funk spin-off act, the Brides Of Funkenstein recorded a version of "I Can Feel The Ice Melting" in 1978, but the track wasn't released until the 1993 archival release " A Fifth Of Funk". That recording was produced by P-Funk production assistant Ron Dunbar.
Johnnie Taylor remade "(I Wanna Testify)" for his 1969 The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues album - a Don Davis production - from which it was issued as the lead single in April 1969: Taylor's version rose as high as #4 R&B and crossed over to the Pop Top 40 at #36.
George Clinton produced a 1978 remake of "(I Wanna) Testify" by the Dells: the track was released as a single from the album New Beginnings but failed to chart.
"(I Wanna) Testify" has also been covered by Noel Paul Stookey, Roger Taylor, and Ronnie Wood.
In 2011, Jon Stevens recorded and released a version of the song as the lead single from his eighth studio album, Testify!.
Usage examples of "testify".
The people hauled in to testify about why they voted absentee offered a vivid picture of the fierce loyalties, rough politics, and economic pressures that shaped the lives of Arkansas hill people.
Other physicians testify to the fact, that near the Thames marshes, the prevalent diseases are all of them of an aguish type, intermittent and remittent, and that they are accompanied with much dysentery.
Wilson and Akre testified that the local station manager again reviewed the reports, found no errors, and scheduled them to run the following week.
Washington Street and indisputably the biggest alienist in the world and certainly the only honest one since he never takes a fee for testifying, and never gives an interview to a newspaper.
Gabe Wyatt had just testified that afternoon that he had been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, which had led eventually to leukemia.
Then there were citrons and wild pomegranates and a score of other arborescent plants, all testifying to the fertility of this plateau of Central Africa.
Captain Argot and many of the men who served with Prince Dagnarus were summoned to testify.
Beyond this no syllable can be named that marked the dawn of mental independence, none that testified to the voluntary use of articulate sounds for the purpose of announcing perceptions.
That we do not err in ascribing this belief to Paul we might summon the whole body of the Fathers to testify in almost unbroken phalanx, from Polycarp to St.
I doubted that he would actually indict me, given the fact that a bipartisan panel of prosecutors had testified at the impeachment proceedings that no responsible prosecutor would do so.
Frederick, a violin maker, who testified that he was familiar with the Bott Strad.
Cato was famous for rounding up a good number of men to take bribes and then using them to testify in the Bribery Court.
From what Margaret had testified, it was evident that Dana Brye, if actually alive, would logically be the Vindicator.
Both had later testified to their experience during the proceedings to canonize Camber, the king much against his will.
It is considered that the cayote, and the obscene bird, and the Indian of the desert, testify their blood kinship with each other in that they live together in the waste places of the earth on terms of perfect confidence and friendship, while hating all other creature and yearning to assist at their funerals.