(give) witness to
idiom
: to declare belief in (a god or religion)
They gave witness to their faith.
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Jacqueline Charles has been a witness to Haiti’s pain and triumphs.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
But there was one key arena of computing that the delegation did not bear witness to: the computational processing of Chinese characters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
Robert Browning, Executive Director of C-SPAN Archives Browning served as a custodial witness to verify two campaign videos of Trump in 2016, and one speech after Trump was elected.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 27 May 2024
The charge that John Lewin and the L.A. DA’s office charged was a special circumstance murder, which meant that Susan was a witness to a crime.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
But there was one key arena of computing that the delegation did not bear witness to: the computational processing of Chinese characters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
Robert Browning, Executive Director of C-SPAN Archives Browning served as a custodial witness to verify two campaign videos of Trump in 2016, and one speech after Trump was elected.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 27 May 2024
The charge that John Lewin and the L.A. DA’s office charged was a special circumstance murder, which meant that Susan was a witness to a crime.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
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“(give) witness to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28give%29%20witness%20to. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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