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testimonies 音标拼音: [t'ɛstəm ,oniz] Testimony \ Tes" ti* mo* ny\, n.; pl. { Testimonies}. [ L. testimonium, from testis a witness: cf. OF. testimoine, testemoine, testimonie. See { Testify}.] 1. A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Such declaration, in judicial proceedings, may be verbal or written, but must be under oath or affirmation. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Open attestation; profession. [ 1913 Webster] [ Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne Universal reproach. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. [ 1913 Webster] When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. -- Mark vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Jewish Antiq.) The two tables of the law. [ 1913 Webster] Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. -- Ex. xxv. 16. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre? Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster] The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. -- Ps. xix. 7. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Proof; evidence; attestation; witness; affirmation; confirmation; averment. Usage: { Testimony}, { Proof}, { Evidence}. Proof is the most familiar, and is used more frequently ( though not exclusively) of facts and things which occur in the ordinary concerns of life. Evidence is a word of more dignity, and is more generally applied to that which is moral or intellectual; as, the evidences of Christianity, etc. Testimony is what is deposed to by a witness on oath or affirmation. When used figuratively or in a wider sense, the word testimony has still a reference to some living agent as its author, as when we speak of the testimony of conscience, or of doing a thing in testimony of our affection, etc. Testimony refers rather to the thing declared, evidence to its value or effect. " To conform our language more to common use, we ought to divide arguments into demonstrations, proofs, and probabilities; ba proofs, meaning such arguments from experience as leave no room for doubt or opposition." -- Hume. " The evidence of sense is the first and highest kind of evidence of which human nature is capable." -- Bp. Wilkins. " The proof of everything must be by the testimony of such as the parties produce." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] |
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