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bezeugen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depose verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
  • testify verb To give a formal statement as a witness, usually under oath in court.
  • vouch verb To personally guarantee that someone or something is trustworthy or genuine, often based on your own experience.
  • witness noun A person who sees an event happen and can describe it afterward.

Senses

bezeugen is used for these senses in English:

  • bear witness To deliver a testimony, especially as witness
  • depose (law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
  • depose To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
  • testify To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
  • vouch To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
  • vouch To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
  • witness (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.

depose — full definition

  1. verb To remove someone, especially a ruler or leader, from power.
  2. verb To give sworn testimony, or to formally question someone under oath, especially in a legal case.

testify — full definition

  1. verb To give a formal statement as a witness, usually under oath in court.
  2. verb To serve as evidence or proof of something.

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