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Answer for the clue "Testify under oath ", 6 letters:
depone

Word definitions for depone in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear , depose ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depone \De*pone"\ (d[-e]*p[=o]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (-p[=o]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing .] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position , and cf. Deposit .] To lay, as a stake; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive legal English) To testify, especially in the form of a deposition. 2 (context transitive legal English) To take the deposition of; to depose. 3 To lay, as a stake; to wager. 4 To lay down.

Usage examples of depone.

I canna depone to having ever seen ane mysell, but, I ance heard ane whistle ahint me in the moss, as like a whaup [Curlew] as ae thing could be like anither.

These two females did afterwards depone that Mr Willet in his consternation uttered but one word, and called that up the stairs in a stentorian voice, six distinct times.

Isobel MacHardie, in whose service Macpherson was, deponed that one night in summer, June, 1750, while she lay at one end of the sheiling (a hill hut for shepherds or neatherds) and Macpherson lay at the other, "she saw something naked come in at the door, which frighted her so much that she drew the clothes over her head.

Toby made a rude gesture at the man's deponing back, realized that Flynn was still lying on the deck, and hauled him to his feet.