All 3 Uses of
testify
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.†
Chpt 12 *testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- To conclude, while from the sister's words he had reckoned upon a speedy delivery he was, however, it must be owned, not a little alleviated by the intelligence that the issue so auspicated after an ordeal of such duress now testified once more to the mercy as well as to the bounty of the Supreme Being.†
Chpt 14
- Being a levelheaded individual who could give points to not a few in point of shrewd observation he also remarked on his very dilapidated hat and slouchy wearing apparel generally testifying to a chronic impecuniosity.†
Chpt 16testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
Definition:
provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law