WITNESS


Meaning of WITNESS in English

vi that which furnishes evidence or proof.

2. witness ·vi attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

3. witness ·vt to see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.

4. witness ·vt to give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.

5. witness ·vi to bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

6. witness ·vi one who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.

7. witness ·vt to see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.

8. witness ·vi one who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.

9. witness ·vi one who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.

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