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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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