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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wit•ness /ˈwɪtnɪs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to see, hear, or know by personal presence and experience:to witness a crime.
- to be present at and show this by writing one's signature:He witnessed her will.
n. - a person who has witnessed something, esp. one who is able to declare what has taken place:[countable]a witness to the accident.
- [countable] a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
- something serving as evidence:[uncountable]His lined, gray face is witness to his suffering.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wit•ness (wit′nis),USA pronunciation v.t. - to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception:to witness an accident.
- to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.:She witnessed our wedding.
- to bear witness to;
testify to;
give or afford evidence of. - to attest by one's signature:He witnessed her will.
v.i. - to bear witness;
testify;
give or afford evidence.
n. - an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing;
a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness. - a person or thing that affords evidence.
- a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
- a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
- testimony or evidence:to bear witness to her suffering.
- (cap.) a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- bef. 950; (noun, nominal) Middle English, Old English witnes origin, originally, knowledge, understanding; see wit1, -ness; (verb, verbal) Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged perceive, watch, mark, notice, note. See observe.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged proof, confirmation, substantiation.
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