(a) To give legal testimony; swear (that sth. is so); attest to (sth.); also, certify (sth.); ~ for god, vouch for the goodness of (sb.); ~ for treuth, certify (words) as true; (b) to provide confirmation, affirm;—used in parenthetic as clause; exist as evidence (that sth. is so), prove; (c) to say (sth.), assert;—also in parenthetic as clause; also, relate (that sth. is so), tell; (d) to specify (if sth. is so), stipulate; (e) to affirm the truth (of Christian doctrine); ~ bapteme, preach the Christian faith; ~ wordes, express faith, declare belief.