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Verb: bear witness  behr wit-nus
  1. (law) provide evidence for
    "Her behaviour bore witness to her incompetence";
    - testify, prove, evidence, show, witness
     
  2. (law) give testimony in a court of law
    - testify, attest, take the stand, witness

Derived forms: bearing witness, borne witness, bears witness, bore witness

Type of: declare, inform, pronounce

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