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Witness   /wˈɪtnəs/   Listen
noun
Witness  n.  
1.
Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. "May we with... the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?" "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."
2.
That which furnishes evidence or proof. "Laban said to Jacob,... This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness."
3.
One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness. "Thyself art witness I am betrothed." "Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret."
4.
(Law)
(a)
One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
(b)
One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.
Privileged witnesses. (Law) See under Privileged.
With a witness, effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. (Colloq.) "This, I confess, is haste with a witness."


verb
Witness  v. t.  (past & past part. witnessed; pres. part. witnessing)  
1.
To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. "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."
2.
To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest. "Behold how many things they witness against thee."
3.
(Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.


Witness  v. i.  To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. "The men of Belial witnessed against him." "The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event (martyrdom) that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death."





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"Witness" Quotes from Famous Books



... that officer sitting on the veranda, quietly smoking a cigar, an interested witness ...
— Ted Strong's Motor Car • Edward C. Taylor
... waiter, a witness of the affair, ordered Gordon put out, but did not request Shirley or Stella to leave, because the other man had been the aggressor without any question. After more than an hour Gordon returned, quietly and unobtrusively, with another girl. From Belle's description ...
— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve
... I'll say, and no more; if you spare me, bygones are bygones, and when you fellows are in court for piracy, I'll save you all I can. It is for you to choose. Kill another and do yourselves no good, or spare me and keep a witness to save you ...
— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson
... an accidental and entirely disinterested witness. He knew neither of the men; he had merely happened along just when the row began, and had lingered in the shadows to see it through. Twelve, yes, even six months before, he would have mixed in at once; that had always been his way in the States. Not that he was a quarrelsome fellow; ...
— Triple Spies • Roy J. Snell
... from dolce far niente land, and the whispering voice of slumber mingles with the more stirring call of the brain to be up and doing. The recollection that Donald was far away, and could not be with her to witness her triumph, brought a sense of bitter disappointment to her over again. "I must write him everything that happens to-day. He will be happy in my happiness, I know," she murmured, half aloud, and her roommate awoke and answered with a sleepy, ...
— 'Smiles' - A Rose of the Cumberlands • Eliot H. Robinson


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