n. 1 observer, onlooker, spectator, viewer, eyewitness, bystander, watcher, Rare earwitness Were you a witness to what took place here? 2 deponent, testifier, corroborating witness, corroborator The defence will call its witnesses today 3 bear witness (to or of). testify (to), attest (to), be or give or provide or furnish or constitute evidence or proof or testimony (of or to), verify, confirm, corroborate, show, prove The bent poker bears witness to the violence of the attack
v. 4 see, observe, watch, look on or at, view, behold, mark, note, notice, take in, Colloq spot, catch I did witness the way they looked at each other 5 countersign, sign, certify, endorse, substantiate, document, certificate Would you mind witnessing our signatures, Miss Cabot? 6 See 3, above