| Main Entry: | testify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vouch for; give testimony |
Synonyms: |
affirm, announce, argue, assert, attest, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, certify, corroborate, cross one's heart, declare, demonstrate, depone, depose, evince, give evidence, give facts, give one's word, indicate, make evident, mount, point to, prove, say so, show, sing*, stand up for, state, swear, swear to, swear up and down, token, warrant, witness |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
Synonyms: |
assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness |
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deny, negate, nullify, veto |
| Main Entry: | allege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert; claim |
Synonyms: |
adduce, advance, affirm, asservate, aver, avouch, avow, charge, cite, declare, depose, lay, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, put forward, recite, recount, state, testify |
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contradict, deny, disagree, dissent, object, protest, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
Synonyms: |
appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, prevail upon, reason, show, suggest, talk into, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness |
Antonyms: |
agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
Synonyms: |
adjure, announce, argue, assert, asservate, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, give evidence, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness |
Antonyms: |
deny |
| Main Entry: | bear witness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vouch for |
Synonyms: |
attest, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, depose, evidence, evince, prove, show, testify, testify to |
| Main Entry: | certify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare as true |
Synonyms: |
accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, rubber-stamp, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness |
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contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known clearly or officially |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch |
Antonyms: |
deny, disavow, retract |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
Synonyms: |
add up to, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
Synonyms: |
affirm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, be surety for, bind oneself, certify, confirm, cosign, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, get behind, give bond, grubstake, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, make bail, make certain, make sure, mortgage, pick up the check, pick up the tab, protect, prove, reassure, secure, sign for, stake, stand behind, stand up for, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
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