Obs. Also 4 testimon. [ME. ad. ONF. testimoin-er (11th c. in Littré), testimoni-er, -moi(g)ner, testemogner (12th c. in Godef., Compl.), learned forms ad. med.L. testimōniāre (8th c. in Du Cange), f. testimōnium TESTIMONY. (The inherited popular Fr. form of the L. is tesmoi(g)ner, mod.F. témoigner). In later use f. prec. sb.]
1. trans. and intr. To bear witness, testify (to).
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 8. Henry of Huntyngton testimons þis title.
c. 1400. Emare, 1029. A grette feste þer was holde … As testymonyeth þys story.
c. 1450. Cov. Myst., xxv. (1841), 251. To se and recorde and testymonye.
1611. Tourneur, Ath. Trag., I. ii. I salute you both … and will testimonie to the integritie ——.
1643. Earl Clanricarde, in Carte, Ormonde (1735), III. 82. My Lord President will testimony with me in what a dangerous condition … the whole Province was in at that time.
2. trans. To test or prove by evidence.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., III. ii. 153. Let him be but testimonied in his owne bringings forth, and hee shall appeare to the enuious, a Scholler, a Statesman, and a Soldier.
