call sb as witness
81detest — early 15c., to curse, to call God to witness and abhor, from M.Fr. détester, from L. detestari to curse, execrate, abominate, express abhorrence for, lit. denounce with one s testimony, from de from, down (see DE (Cf. de )) + testari be a witness …
82detest — verb dislike intensely. Derivatives detester noun Origin C15: from L. detestari, from de down + testari witness, call upon to witness (from testis a witness ) …
83Joseph McCarthy — Infobox Senator |name=Joseph Raymond McCarthy nationality=American |300px jr/sr=United States Senator state=Wisconsin party=Republican term start=January 3, 1947 term end=May 2, 1957 preceded=Robert M. La Follette, Jr. succeeded=William Proxmire… …
84Balti people — ethnic group group=Balti poptime=300,000 popplace=Baltistan (Pakistan) (Kargil, Jammu Kashmir) rels=Shi a Islam, langs=Balti related=Burig, Dards, Ladakhis, TibetansThe Balti are a people of Tibetan descent with some Dardic admixture whose… …
85Army–McCarthy hearings — Joseph McCarthy chats with Roy Cohn (right) at the Army–McCarthy Hearings The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate s Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were… …
86testament — tes·ta·ment / tes tə mənt/ n [Latin testamentum, from testari to call as a witness, make a will, from testis witness] 1: an act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death a testament of property 2: will ◇ A… …
87contest — noun kɒntɛst an event in which people compete for supremacy. ↘a dispute or conflict. verb kən tɛst 1》 compete to attain (a position of power). ↘take part in (a competition or election). 2》 challenge or dispute. Phrases no contest 1》 chiefly… …
88obtest — /ɒbˈtɛst/ (say ob test) verb (t) 1. to invoke as witness. 2. to supplicate earnestly; beseech. –verb (i) 3. to protest. {Latin obtestārī call as a witness} –obtestation /ɒbtɛsˈteɪʃən/ (say obtes tayshuhn), noun …
89Malediction — Malediction (in Scripture) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Malediction (in Scripture) Four principal words are rendered maledictio in the Vulgate, curse in Douay Version: (1) rr The most general term, used more often perhaps of men… …
90vouch — [14] Vouch originally meant ‘call as a witness’; ‘guarantee’ is a 16th century development. The word was borrowed from Old French voucher ‘summon’, which in turn appears to have evolved from Latin vocāre ‘call’ (source of English vocation,… …
