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(13)S: (v) testify#1 (testify%2:32:01::), attest#3 (attest%2:32:02::), take the stand#1 (take_the_stand%2:32:00::), bear witness#2 (bear_witness%2:32:00::) (give testimony in a court of law)

direct troponym / full troponym
domain category
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) declare#1 (declare%2:32:00::) (state emphatically and authoritatively) "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

S: (v) plead#3 (plead%2:32:01::) (enter a plea, as in courts of law) "She pleaded not guilty"
S: (v) profess#2 (profess%2:32:03::) (confess one's faith in, or allegiance to) "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
S: (v) condemn#2 (condemn%2:32:02::) (declare or judge unfit for use or habitation) "The building was condemned by the inspector"
S: (v) consecrate#4 (consecrate%2:32:00::), bless#4 (bless%2:32:01::), hallow#1 (hallow%2:32:00::), sanctify#1 (sanctify%2:32:00::) (render holy by means of religious rites)
S: (v) account#4 (account%2:32:00::), answer for#1 (answer_for%2:32:00::) (furnish a justifying analysis or explanation) "I can't account for the missing money"
S: (v) propose#1 (propose%2:32:00::), suggest#1 (suggest%2:32:00::), advise#3 (advise%2:32:02::) (make a proposal, declare a plan for something) "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
S: (v) promise#1 (promise%2:32:00::), assure#6 (assure%2:32:02::) (make a promise or commitment)
S: (v) promise#2 (promise%2:32:01::) (promise to undertake or give) "I promise you my best effort"
S: (v) take the Fifth#1 (take_the_fifth%2:32:00::), take the Fifth Amendment#1 (take_the_fifth_amendment%2:32:00::) (refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself)
S: (v) sentence#1 (sentence%2:32:00::), condemn#5 (condemn%2:32:01::), doom#2 (doom%2:32:00::) (pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law) "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
S: (v) proclaim#2 (proclaim%2:32:00::), exclaim#2 (exclaim%2:32:01::), promulgate#1 (promulgate%2:32:00::) (state or announce) "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
S: (v) profess#4 (profess%2:32:10::) (state freely) "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
S: (v) affirm#2 (affirm%2:32:00::), verify#4 (verify%2:32:03::), assert#2 (assert%2:32:00::), avow#1 (avow%2:32:00::), aver#2 (aver%2:32:00::), swan#1 (swan%2:32:00::), swear#2 (swear%2:32:03::) (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true) "Before God I swear I am innocent"
S: (v) swear#4 (swear%2:32:00::), depose#2 (depose%2:32:00::), depone#1 (depone%2:32:00::) (make a deposition; declare under oath)
S: (v) testify#1 (testify%2:32:01::), attest#3 (attest%2:32:02::), take the stand#1 (take_the_stand%2:32:00::), bear witness#2 (bear_witness%2:32:00::) (give testimony in a court of law)
S: (v) decree#1 (decree%2:32:00::) (issue a decree) "The King only can decree"
S: (v) opine#1 (opine%2:32:00::), speak up#1 (speak_up%2:32:00::), speak out#1 (speak_out%2:32:00::), animadvert#1 (animadvert%2:32:00::), sound off#1 (sound_off%2:32:01::) (express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation) "John spoke up at the meeting"
S: (v) count out#1 (count_out%2:33:00::) (declare the loser)

derivationally related form
sentence frame

(1)S: (v) testify#2 (testify%2:32:02::), bear witness#1 (bear_witness%2:32:02::), prove#3 (prove%2:32:00::), evidence#2 (evidence%2:32:01::), show#3 (show%2:32:00::) (provide evidence for) "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"