单词 | witnessing |
释义 | witnessingn. 1. a. The action of bearing witness or giving testimony. †in witnessing of, as a witness to; †to bear witnessing, to bear witness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] to bear (one) witnesslOE witne?c1225 to bear witnessinga1300 to bear recordc1330 testimonyc1330 testify1377 witnessc1380 recordc1400 militatec1600 suffragate1620 testate1624 depone1640 attest1672 rap1728 certify1874 certificate1907 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adverb] > as testimony in witnessc950 witnessinga1300 testea1845 a1300 Cursor Mundi 27832 O couaitise..cums..fals wittnesing,..and lesing. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. i. 12 The witnessinge of oure conscience. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 299 To this flour..Hire white corowne beryth the witnessynge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18894 O þis gadring be-houes us þan, In witnesing to ches a man Vn-to þe seruis of vr tale. 1426 J. Lydgate in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 132 Gladly he chevith what so he begynne,..The fyne therof berith witnessing. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. viii. 150 I haue put on eche keye a bille & writynge In witnessinge of the thynges abouesayd. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. i. 9 Iohn..was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of god, and for the witnessynge of Iesu Christe. 1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 254 Diverse personis wer summond..to beir witnessing in the said mater. 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 29 The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this Event, that Martyrdom now signifies..to witness by death. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxviii. 562 I have it on the witnessing of these two madmen..that you want me. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > decalogue > inscribed on stone witnessinga1340 witness1530 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii[i]. 2 Blisful þai þat ransakis his witnessyngis. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xcviii[i]. 7 Thei kepten his witnessingus, and the heste that he ȝaf to hem. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] i-witnessc888 witshipc900 warranting1303 recordc1330 witnessingc1330 bearingc1400 testificationc1450 certificate1472 certification1532 induction1551 suffrage1563 vouching1574 testifying1585 attestation1598 testation1642 attesting1661 adduction1687 attestment1850 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony witnessc950 proof?c1225 witnessingc1330 evidencea1387 probacyc1460 probation?a1475 testimonial?a1475 testimony?a1475 testimonage1483 testamentc1485 conjecture1526 fact?1531 trial1532 teste1567 suffragy1571 attest1609 probate1610 testa1616 testate1619 discovery1622 constat1623 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 1269 Telle ous now, what is þi name,..Þat we se sum witnesseing Of þi dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16277 Vp þai ras and gaf a cri..Quat mister es o wijtnessing again him for to lede? 1476 Acta Audit. (1839) 52/1 Þe sadis partijs beand personaly present and þare allegations and witnessingis..herd. 1478 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 20/2 Johne..sall bring sic..document and witnessing or testimoniale of his sesing þat he has. 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) lxxxiv. f. 260v The Apostles in the gospell are called witnesses: and the Gospell, a testimony or witnessyng. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **viiiv Vnto men we wil bring the witnessings of men, euen the things that euerie man readeth in his owne nature. 1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde vii. 158 His habitude of lying, his noted perjury, [etc.]: qualities for which any man's witnessing were to be repelled in judgment. 3. Attestation (of a document). Chiefly in †in or into (the) witnessing of = French en témoignage de. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > attestation of document witnessing1405 attest1651 attesting1661 attestation1674 1405 Rolls of Parl. III. 605/2 In Witnessing of whilk thyng, to thys presentes we have sette our forsaide Seal. 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 51 Into wytnessyng of which thyng, to this my present testament I haue put to my seell. 1561 in Exch. Rolls Scot. XIX. 481 Robert Hammiltoun..for the mare witnessing hes subscrivit this his obligatioun with his hand. 4. The fact of being present and observing something. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > witnessing witness?c1225 autopsy1607 witnessing1855 1855 in Cambr. Ess. 154 The witnessing of the scenes. 1872 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 288 The witnessing of your grief rent my heart so deeply. Derivatives ˈwitnessing adj. spec. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > witnessing witnessing1859 on the spot1886 the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present as an observer witnessing1859 1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths i. §4 Corruption festered to its loathsomest in the midst of the witnessing presence of a disciplined civilisation. witnessing part n. see quot. 1844). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause > testing clause teste1611 test1709 testing clause1765 testatum1844 witnessing part1844 testimonium1852 1844 J. Williams Real Property Law 143 The testatum, or witnessing part, ‘Now this Indenture witnesseth’. [See witness v. 1a(b).] 1855 C. Davidson Prec. Convey. (ed. 2) I. 64 When the instrument contains more than one witnessing part. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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