witness
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English witnes
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[edit] Noun
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witness (plural witnesses)
- Attestation of a fact or event.
- She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
- One who has a personal knowledge of something.
- As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.
- Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
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attestation of a fact or event
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one who has a personal knowledge of something
someone called to give evidence in a court
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to witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
- (transitive) To take note of.
- Witness the lack of growth despite his efforts.
- (transitive) To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
- He witnessed the accident.
- (intransitive, construed with to) To preach at someone.
- "I don't really want to be actively harrassed (I mean witnessed to) (...)"[1]
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(transitive) to furnish proof of, to show
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(transitive) to take note of
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(transitive) to see, note, or gain knowledge of
(intransitive; with the preposition to) to preach at someone
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