Witness

Definition:

  • (v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
  • (v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
  • (v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.
  • (v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
  • (v. t.) To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

Compare witness with other words:

attendance vs. witness

fitness vs. witness

witless vs. witness

affirm vs. witness

accused vs. witness

victim vs. witness

informant vs. witness

feel vs. witness

watched vs. witness

wash vs. witness

glance vs. witness

witness vs. witnesser

overeye vs. witness

dedimus vs. witness

earwitness vs. witness

notice vs. witness

observe vs. witness

experience vs. witness

testimonial vs. witness

view vs. witness

spot vs. witness

attest vs. witness

watch vs. witness

spectator vs. witness

gawk vs. witness

look vs. witness

appear vs. witness

prophet vs. witness

clandestinity vs. witness

recross vs. witness

testifier vs. witness

christer vs. witness

precognition vs. witness

perjure vs. witness

diligence vs. witness

onlooker vs. witness

mark vs. witness

bystander vs. witness

testify vs. witness

summons vs. witness

teste vs. witness

affiant vs. witness

deponent vs. witness

religious vs. witness

note vs. witness

show vs. witness

proof vs. witness

eyewitness vs. witness

furnish vs. witness

sign vs. witness

evidence vs. witness

court vs. witness

personal vs. witness

knowledge vs. witness

event vs. witness

fact vs. witness