witness

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1. witness - Noun

2. witness - Verb

Meaning

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

That which furnishes evidence or proof.

One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.

One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.

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.

To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.

To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.

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.

To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

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My witness is the empty sky. Jack Kerouac

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future. Miguel de Cervantes

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. Woodrow Wilson

What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. Jewish Proverb

One eye is a better witness than two ears. Danish Proverb

One witness one liar; more witnesses, all liars. Greek Proverb

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