testifying
SayTES-ti-fy-ing/ˈtɛstɪfaɪɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of testify.
He spent the morning testifying before the committee about the company's finances.
Testifying under oath, she described the events of that night in careful detail.
Note
Here the verb does double duty. With be it forms the progressive (she was testifying when the lights failed); without it, it works as a noun, as in after testifying or testifying is exhausting. Like testify itself, it can stand alone or take what follows: testifying before a committee, testifying that she saw him, a scar testifying to an old injury.
testifying is a form of testify
testify, verb: To make a declaration or give evidence under oath, as a sworn witness does. Full entry
- Spelling
- testify → testifying: add -ing
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