testimony

testimony
n.

1) to give, offer testimony

2) to cite testimony

3) to recant, repudiate, retract (one's) testimony

4) to contradict, discount, refute testimony

5) false, perjured; reliable testimony

6) testimony about

7) testimony against; for, on behalf of (she gave testimony against the plaintiff)

8) testimony that + clause (nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk)

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['testɪmənɪ]
for
offer testimony
perjured
refute testimony
reliable testimony
repudiate
retract (one's) testimony
on behalf of (she gave testimony against the plaintiff)
false
to cite testimony
to contradict
to give
to recant
testimony about
testimony against
testimony that + clause (nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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