To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
(legal, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
The public took to the streets to protest over the planned change to the law.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
U.S. and European protested against Spanish conduct in Cuba.
I protest my innocence. I do protest and declare …
I will protest your cowardice.
She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
They protested the demolition of the school.
Fiercely [they] opposed / My journey strange, with clamorous uproar / Protesting fate supreme.
They lodged a protest with the authorities.
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.