Definitions for witness

Definitions for (noun) witness

Main entry: witness

Definition: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith


Main entry: spectator, looker, witness, watcher, viewer

Definition: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

Usage: the spectators applauded the performance; television viewers; sky watchers discovered a new star


Main entry: witness, witnesser, informant

Definition: someone who sees an event and reports what happened


Main entry: attestant, attestator, attestor, witness

Definition: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature


Main entry: witness

Definition: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law


Definitions for (verb) witness

Main entry: witness

Definition: be a witness to

Usage: She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court


Main entry: find, see, witness

Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with

Usage: We found Republicans winning the offices; You'll see a lot of cheating in this school; The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions; I want to see results


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