5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Witness \Wit"ness\, v. i.
To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. --Chaucer.
The men of Belial witnessed against him --1 Kings xxi.
13.
The witnessing of the truth was then so generally
attended with this event [martyrdom] that martyrdom now
signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death.
--South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Witnessing}.]
1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct
cognizance of
This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable
calamities and horrors we must expect, should we
ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity. --R.
Hall.
General Washington did not live to witness the
restoration of peace. --Marshall.
2. To give testimony to to testify to to attest.
Behold how many things they witness against thee.
--Mark xv 4.
3. (Law) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Witness \Wit"ness\, n. [AS. witness, gewitnes from witan to
know [root]133. See {Wit}, v. i.]
1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience,
pursue him with any further revenge? --Shak.
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
--John v. 31.
2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.
Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and
this pillar be witness. --Gen. xxxi.
51, 52.
3. One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise
has personal knowledge of anything as an eyewitness; an
earwitness. ``Thyself art witness I am betrothed.''
--Shak.
Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances
which filled me with melancholy and regret. --R.
Hall.
4. (Law)
a One who testifies in a cause or gives evidence before
a judicial tribunal; as the witness in court agreed
in all essential facts.
b 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
{Privileged witnesses}. (Law) See under {Privileged}.
{With a witness}, effectually; to a great degree; with great
force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [Colloq.]
This I confess, is haste with a witness. --South.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
witness
n 1: someone who sees an event and tells what happened [syn: {informant}]
2: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an
exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the
performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers
discovered a new star" [syn: {spectator}, {viewer}, {watcher}]
3: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
4: a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or
signature by adding their own signature [syn: {attestant}]
v 1: be a witness to
2: perceive with any or all of one's senses "We found
Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of
cheating in this school"; give rise to or be characterized
by "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation
against established traditions" [syn: {find}, {see}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Witness
More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut.
17:6; 19:15). They were the first to execute the sentence on the
condemned (Deut. 13:9; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Matt. 27:1; Acts
7:57, 58). False witnesses were liable to punishment (Deut.
19:16-21). It was also an offence to refuse to bear witness
(Lev. 5:1).
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