- (adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.t.) To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
- (v.t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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