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