'Witness' definitions:
Definition of 'witness'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
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, witness, viewer, watcher, looker]
noun
Testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
noun
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature [syn: witness, attestant, attestor, attestator]
noun
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
verb
Be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
verb
Definition of 'Witness'
From: GCIDE
- Witness \Wit"ness\, n. [AS. witness, gewitnes, from witan to know. [root]133. See Wit, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. [1913 Webster]
- May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. --John v. 31. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which furnishes evidence or proof. [1913 Webster]
- Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness. --Gen. xxxi.
- 51, 52. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret. --R. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- This, I confess, is haste with a witness. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Witness'
From: GCIDE
- Witness \Wit"ness\, v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The men of Belial witnessed against him. --1 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Witness'
From: GCIDE
- Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Witnessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Witnessing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace. --Marshall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest. [1913 Webster]
- Behold how many things they witness against thee. --Mark xv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Witness'
From: 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).
Synonyms of 'witness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- acknowledge,
- admission,
- adviser,
- affidavit,
- affirm,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- allege,
- announce,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- appear,
- argue,
- assertion,
- asseverate,
- asseveration,
- assister,
- attend,
- attest,
- attestant,
- attestation,
- attestator,
- attester,
- authority,
- authorization,
- aver,
- averment,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- avow,
- avowal,
- be at,
- be present at,
- bear witness,
- behold,
- beholder,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bill of health,
- bird-watcher,
- bystander,
- catch,
- catch sight of,
- certificate,
- certificate of proficiency,
- certification,
- certify,
- channel,
- clap eyes on,
- cojuror,
- come to,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- compurgation,
- compurgator,
- confirmation,
- credential,
- declaration,
- defendant,
- depone,
- deponent,
- depose,
- deposition,
- descry,
- diploma,
- discern,
- disclose,
- disclosure,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- do,
- drugstore cowboy,
- earwitness,
- endorse,
- enlightener,
- espy,
- evidence,
- examinant,
- examinate,
- examinee,
- expert witness,
- eyewitness,
- gaper,
- gazer,
- gazer-on,
- girl-watcher,
- give evidence,
- glimpse,
- go to,
- goggler,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- have in sight,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- instrument in proof,
- interviewee,
- ken,
- kibitzer,
- lay eyes on,
- legal evidence,
- litigant,
- litigationist,
- litigator,
- look on,
- look upon,
- looker,
- looker-on,
- make out,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- navicert,
- newsmonger,
- notarized statement,
- note,
- notice,
- notifier,
- observe,
- observer,
- ogler,
- onlooker,
- panel,
- parties litigant,
- party,
- passerby,
- perceive,
- perceiver,
- percipient,
- pick out,
- plaintiff,
- press,
- profession,
- proof,
- public relations officer,
- publisher,
- questionee,
- quizzee,
- radio,
- recognize,
- reporter,
- see,
- seer,
- sheepskin,
- show up,
- sidewalk superintendent,
- sight,
- sit in,
- source,
- spectator,
- spectatress,
- spectatrix,
- spokesman,
- spot,
- spy,
- statement,
- subject,
- subscribe,
- suitor,
- swear,
- swearer,
- sworn evidence,
- sworn statement,
- sworn testimony,
- take in,
- televiewer,
- television,
- television-viewer,
- teller,
- testament,
- testamur,
- testifier,
- testify,
- testimonial,
- testimonium,
- testimony,
- ticket,
- tipster,
- tout,
- turn up,
- TV-viewer,
- twig,
- video-gazer,
- view,
- viewer,
- visa,
- vise,
- visit,
- vouch,
- voucher,
- warrant,
- warranty,
- watch,
- watcher,
- word
Words containing 'Witness'
- To wit,
- Wit,
- Witful,
- With a witness,
- Witnessed,
- Witnessing,
- Witted,
- Witting,
- Wittingly,
- wits,
- Mother wit,
- Privileged witnesses,
- The five wits,
- adverse witness,
- battle of wits,
- bear witness,
- bear witness against,
- character witness,
- dim witted,
- expert witness,
- false witness,
- hostile witness,
- jehovah's witness,
- jehovah's witnesses,
- lay witness,
- material witness,
- nimble witted,
- quick witted,
- slow witted,
- thick witted,
- witness box,
- witness of the spirit,
- witness stand,
- Beef-witted,
- Bird-witted,
- Blunt-witted,
- Dull-witted,
- Fat-witted,
- Half-wit,
- Half-witted,
- Lean-witted,
- Quick-witted,
- Ready-witted,
- Sharp-witted,
- Short-witted,
- Slow-witted,
- Sodden-witted,
- To rack one's wits,
- Wit-cracker,
- Wit-snapper,
- Wit-starved,
- bearing false witness,
- dim-witted,
- soft-witted