eyewitnessn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪˌwɪtnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌaɪˈwɪtnəs/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and witness n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, witness n.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + witness n. Compare ear-witness n.

1. A person who has seen or observed something (now esp. an incident such as a crime or accident) and is able to describe or testify to it; a person who testifies to something that he or she has seen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > eyewitness

eyewitness1539

ocular witness1570

titlark1800

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier > who saw something

witness?c1225

eyewitness1539

ocular witness1570

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. F.iii^v One Eye wytnesse, is of more value, than tenne eare wytnesses.

1565 T. Stapleton in tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. Pref. to Rdr. f. 9 Let it be a fable (as in dede it is, being thereof eye witnesse my selfe) that he telleth of Latimers hart bloud.

1590 J. Smythe Let. 20 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 57 I do not write the same of mine oune certen knowledge, as a eye wittness.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1278 Which yet to prove more true, he meant to see, And an ey-witnes of each thing to bee.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. i. 16 Wee..were eye witnesses of his Maiestie.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell i. 6 One Eye-witness is of more validity than ten Auricular.

1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 (ed. 3) 44 Received not only from eye-witnesses, but also from some of the principal..Actors.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §17 Leo Africanus..describes, as an eye-witness, the making of tar in Mount Atlas.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 17 Brantome, an eye-witness of the early part of her life, informs us that [etc.].

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 93 Different estimates were formed even by eyewitnesses.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 180 It is the narration, by an eye-witness, of the memorable coup d'etat of 1851.

1914 Times 3 Oct. 8/2 The Press Bureau..issued the following descriptive account, which has been communicated by an eye-witness present with General Headquarters.

1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iv. xi. 131 According to an eye-witness a gang of white skinheads savagely attacked a black youth.

2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 June b1/1 In the case of police lineups, sound science says that eyewitnesses presented with half a dozen choices..home in on the one who looks most like their memory of the perpetrator.

2. Testimony given by an eyewitness; (more generally) evidence, proof. Cf. witness n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > provided by eyewitness

eyewitness1607

ocular testimony1670

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 37 Yet is the truth most euidently otherwise, as by the eye witnes of Ioachimus Rhetichus, and other, is disproued.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. i. 9 By the eye-witnesse of Ioachimus Rheticus, and others, it hath beene proued.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1594 Give us..Eye-witness of what first or last was done.

1765 Compl. Summary New Test. 2 Pet. i. sig. D3 Christ is..the true son of God, by the eye-witness of the apostles beholding his majesty.

1827 R. D. Hampden Ess. Philos. Evid. Christianity 235 The assent given to revealed truth by the eye-witness of the attesting miracles.

1874 Tinsley's Mag. Aug. 203/1 Many of them bear eyewitness of its running off with a goat or sheep in its mouth.

1935 K. Mayo Face Mother India 1 Its aim is to give eyewitness of India as India stands today.

1996 S. K. Dhara in R. Pal Women Midnapore in Indian Freedom Struggle p. v Those who are still alive to give eye witness of those stormy days.

2008 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 15 Oct. d2 With each passing year,..fewer people can bear eyewitness to the Holocaust.

Compounds

General attributive, esp. in the sense ‘as given by an eyewitness’, as eyewitness account, eyewitness report, eyewitness testimony, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > of eyewitness

eye-set1632

autoptical1649

autoptic1808

eyewitness1833

1833 C. MacFarlane Lives & Exploits Banditti & Robbers II. 9 They have not been so fortunate as the continental freebooters in having good narrators of their exploits, nor have I been so lucky as to find one good eyewitness account of them.

1875 S. T. Gibson Relig. & Sci. ii. v. 268 The testimony of the fourth Gospel, if its genuineness were beyond doubt, would certainly be eye-witness testimony.

1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment vii. 95 Eked out with ‘Eye-Witness’ stuff—official ‘word-painting’ by some Regular Officer.

1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. v. 88 An eye-witness story of the sinking of the Lusitania.

1947 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 June 1 (headline) Flying saucer mystery deepens as eyewitness descriptions increase.

1988 Undercurrent Sept. 12 Next issue Undercurrent will bring you an eye-witness report from a correspondent who was stranded in one of the storm-struck areas.

1995 C. R. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. (new ed.) xiii. 251 The accuracy of eyewitness recall and recognition.

2004 Independent 3 Mar. 10/3 A moving eyewitness account of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

eyewitnessv.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪˌwɪtnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌaɪˈwɪtnəs/

Forms: see eyewitness n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: eyewitness n.

Etymology: < eyewitness n. Compare witness v.

transitive. To be an eyewitness to (an incident or event); to witness with one's own eyes. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > witness

yseeOE

witness1582

eyewitness1605

1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions sig. C4 In esperance acquaintance some to find, which might eye-witnes vnexpected chance.

1676 S. Gilbert Fons Sanitatis 27 All his Scabs sheld off, except some few upon his Feet. Eye witnessed by Samuel Gilbert, &c.

1833 Times 25 Oct. Has our correspondent never ‘eye-witnessed’ any offensive pranks in the Harrow..boys?

1887 New Mississippian 13 Sept. Fancy has never pictured, nor eye-witnessed an exhibition more grandly beautiful.

1905 ‘M. Twain’ King Leopold's Soliloquy (1907) 17 They seemed to be always..eye-witnessing the happenings.

1963 ‘N. Blake’ Deadly Joker xiii. 215 A hundred people had eye-witnessed a murder.

2003 M. McCafferty Second Helpings 56 I'm sure this was a huge disappointment to the rest of my classmates, who have been looking forward to eyewitnessing an act of violence against me all summer long.

Derivatives

ˈeyewitnessed adj. seen, described, or reported by an eyewitness.

ΚΠ

1795 S. J. Pratt Gleanings through Wales III. l. 454 On comparing the given descriptions with the eye-witnessed facts, [etc.].

1844 Manch. Times 6 July A correspondent..has been kind enough to communicate the following eye-witnessed particulars.

1923 Glasgow Herald 25 Oct. 8 An eye-witnessed incident which took place recently in this neighbourhood.

2007 J. Taylor Paths Contemp. French Lit. II. 228 Claude Simon's all-encompassing descriptions of eyewitnessed historical events.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyewitness
释义	eyewitnessn. Brit. /ˈʌɪˌwɪtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌaɪˈwɪtnəs/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and witness n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, witness n. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + witness n. Compare ear-witness n. 1. A person who has seen or observed something (now esp. an incident such as a crime or accident) and is able to describe or testify to it; a person who testifies to something that he or she has seen. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > eyewitness eyewitness1539 ocular witness1570 titlark1800 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier > who saw something witness?c1225 eyewitness1539 ocular witness1570 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. F.iii^v One Eye wytnesse, is of more value, than tenne eare wytnesses. 1565 T. Stapleton in tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. Pref. to Rdr. f. 9 Let it be a fable (as in dede it is, being thereof eye witnesse my selfe) that he telleth of Latimers hart bloud. 1590 J. Smythe Let. 20 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 57 I do not write the same of mine oune certen knowledge, as a eye wittness. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1278 Which yet to prove more true, he meant to see, And an ey-witnes of each thing to bee. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. i. 16 Wee..were eye witnesses of his Maiestie. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell i. 6 One Eye-witness is of more validity than ten Auricular. 1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 (ed. 3) 44 Received not only from eye-witnesses, but also from some of the principal..Actors. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §17 Leo Africanus..describes, as an eye-witness, the making of tar in Mount Atlas. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 17 Brantome, an eye-witness of the early part of her life, informs us that [etc.]. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 93 Different estimates were formed even by eyewitnesses. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 180 It is the narration, by an eye-witness, of the memorable coup d'etat of 1851. 1914 Times 3 Oct. 8/2 The Press Bureau..issued the following descriptive account, which has been communicated by an eye-witness present with General Headquarters. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iv. xi. 131 According to an eye-witness a gang of white skinheads savagely attacked a black youth. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 June b1/1 In the case of police lineups, sound science says that eyewitnesses presented with half a dozen choices..home in on the one who looks most like their memory of the perpetrator. 2. Testimony given by an eyewitness; (more generally) evidence, proof. Cf. witness n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > provided by eyewitness eyewitness1607 ocular testimony1670 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 37 Yet is the truth most euidently otherwise, as by the eye witnes of Ioachimus Rhetichus, and other, is disproued. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie i. i. 9 By the eye-witnesse of Ioachimus Rheticus, and others, it hath beene proued. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1594 Give us..Eye-witness of what first or last was done. View more context for this quotation 1765 Compl. Summary New Test. 2 Pet. i. sig. D3 Christ is..the true son of God, by the eye-witness of the apostles beholding his majesty. 1827 R. D. Hampden Ess. Philos. Evid. Christianity 235 The assent given to revealed truth by the eye-witness of the attesting miracles. 1874 Tinsley's Mag. Aug. 203/1 Many of them bear eyewitness of its running off with a goat or sheep in its mouth. 1935 K. Mayo Face Mother India 1 Its aim is to give eyewitness of India as India stands today. 1996 S. K. Dhara in R. Pal Women Midnapore in Indian Freedom Struggle p. v Those who are still alive to give eye witness of those stormy days. 2008 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 15 Oct. d2 With each passing year,..fewer people can bear eyewitness to the Holocaust. Compounds General attributive, esp. in the sense ‘as given by an eyewitness’, as eyewitness account, eyewitness report, eyewitness testimony, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > of eyewitness eye-set1632 autoptical1649 autoptic1808 eyewitness1833 1833 C. MacFarlane Lives & Exploits Banditti & Robbers II. 9 They have not been so fortunate as the continental freebooters in having good narrators of their exploits, nor have I been so lucky as to find one good eyewitness account of them. 1875 S. T. Gibson Relig. & Sci. ii. v. 268 The testimony of the fourth Gospel, if its genuineness were beyond doubt, would certainly be eye-witness testimony. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment vii. 95 Eked out with ‘Eye-Witness’ stuff—official ‘word-painting’ by some Regular Officer. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. v. 88 An eye-witness story of the sinking of the Lusitania. 1947 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 June 1 (headline) Flying saucer mystery deepens as eyewitness descriptions increase. 1988 Undercurrent Sept. 12 Next issue Undercurrent will bring you an eye-witness report from a correspondent who was stranded in one of the storm-struck areas. 1995 C. R. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. (new ed.) xiii. 251 The accuracy of eyewitness recall and recognition. 2004 Independent 3 Mar. 10/3 A moving eyewitness account of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). eyewitnessv. Brit. /ˈʌɪˌwɪtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌaɪˈwɪtnəs/ Forms: see eyewitness n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: eyewitness n. Etymology: < eyewitness n. Compare witness v. transitive. To be an eyewitness to (an incident or event); to witness with one's own eyes. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > witness yseeOE witness1582 eyewitness1605 1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions sig. C4 In esperance acquaintance some to find, which might eye-witnes vnexpected chance. 1676 S. Gilbert Fons Sanitatis 27 All his Scabs sheld off, except some few upon his Feet. Eye witnessed by Samuel Gilbert, &c. 1833 Times 25 Oct. Has our correspondent never ‘eye-witnessed’ any offensive pranks in the Harrow..boys? 1887 New Mississippian 13 Sept. Fancy has never pictured, nor eye-witnessed an exhibition more grandly beautiful. 1905 ‘M. Twain’ King Leopold's Soliloquy (1907) 17 They seemed to be always..eye-witnessing the happenings. 1963 ‘N. Blake’ Deadly Joker xiii. 215 A hundred people had eye-witnessed a murder. 2003 M. McCafferty Second Helpings 56 I'm sure this was a huge disappointment to the rest of my classmates, who have been looking forward to eyewitnessing an act of violence against me all summer long. Derivatives ˈeyewitnessed adj. seen, described, or reported by an eyewitness. ΚΠ 1795 S. J. Pratt Gleanings through Wales III. l. 454 On comparing the given descriptions with the eye-witnessed facts, [etc.]. 1844 Manch. Times 6 July A correspondent..has been kind enough to communicate the following eye-witnessed particulars. 1923 Glasgow Herald 25 Oct. 8 An eye-witnessed incident which took place recently in this neighbourhood. 2007 J. Taylor Paths Contemp. French Lit. II. 228 Claude Simon's all-encompassing descriptions of eyewitnessed historical events. 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