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Bear witness during trial (6)

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attest

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'bear witness' is the definition.
(I know that bear witness can be written as attest)

'during trial' is the wordplay.
'during' becomes 'at' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'trial' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'at'+'test'='ATTEST'

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(Other definitions for attest that I've seen before include "Sign on" , "Affirm by oath" , "Bear formal witness to, give evidence" , "Demonstrate" , "Vouch for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and The Irish News.
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