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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
witnessed
adj : affirmed as true by a witness [ant: {unwitnessed}]
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