English Explanatory Dictionary

testilie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To commit perjury (as a police officer).

Word forms

testilie testilies testilying testilied

Etymology

Blend of testify + lie. Possibly a back-formation from the noun testilying, which appeared a few years earlier and is more common.

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