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bear witness to

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bear witness to something
to show by your existence that something is true The survivors of this disaster bear witness to a terrible event we would like to forget.
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Rebecca was asked to bear witness to a state of mind or feeling of whose existence she had only the vaguest consciousness.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
During the progress of her disorder, Frederick and I (we were both at home) saw her repeatedly; and from our own observation can bear witness to her having received every possible attention which could spring from the affection of those about her, or which her situation in life could command.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
And if ever Barbicane should see the earth again, his notes will bear witness to this great fact in his selenographic observations.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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