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testify
late 14c., "to serve as evidence of," from L.
testificari
"bear witness," from
testis
"witness" (see
testament
) + root of
facere
"to make" (see
factitious
). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s.
