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bear witness

verb

Definitions

  1. To deliver a testimony, especially as witness

    • He hesitated to bear witness against them in court for fear of reprisals by the felons' accomplices

  2. To prove, demonstrate

    • The dubious state of the whole society bears witness of years of misrule
    • Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA