witness
see also: Witness
Pronunciation
Witness
Noun
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see also: Witness
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwɪtnəs/, /ˈwɪtnɪs/
witness
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Scene ii:
- May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
- c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene ii:
- […] thyself art witness— I am betrothed.
- Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness#Verb|witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- Bible, Genesis xxxi. 51, 52
- Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
- Bible, Genesis xxxi. 51, 52
- French: témoignage
- German: Zeugnis
- Italian: testimonianza
- Portuguese: testemunho
- Russian: свиде́тельство
- Spanish: testimonio
- French: témoin
- German: Zeuge, Zeugin (female)
- Italian: testimone
- Portuguese: testemunha
- Russian: свиде́тель
- Spanish: testigo
- French: témoin
- German: Zeuge, Zeugin (female)
- Italian: testimone
- Portuguese: testemunha
- Russian: свиде́тель
- Spanish: testigo
witness (witnesses, present participle witnessing; past and past participle witnessed)
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- He witnessed the accident.
- This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity.
- General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- to witness a bond or a deed
- French: témoigner
- German: bezeugen
- Italian: testimoniare
- Portuguese: testemunhar
- Russian: свиде́тельстовать
- Spanish: testificar
- Portuguese: testemunhar
- Spanish: probar
- Italian: essere testimone
- Portuguese: presenciar, testemunhar
- Spanish: presenciar
- Spanish: testificar
Witness
Noun
witness (plural witnesses)
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