Witness (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
  2. to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.: She witnessed our wedding.
  3. to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
  4. to attest by one's signature: He witnessed her will.
verb (used without object)
  1. to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence.
noun
  1. an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness.
  2. a person or thing that affords evidence.
  3. a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
  4. a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
  5. testimony or evidence: to bear witness to her suffering.
  6. a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
noun
  1. a person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence of some event
  2. a person or thing giving or serving as evidence
  3. a person who testifies, esp in a court of law, to events or facts within his own knowledge
  4. a person who attests to the genuineness of a document, signature, etc, by adding his own signature
  5. bear witness
    • to give written or oral testimony
    • to be evidence or proof of
verb
  1. to see, be present at, or know at first hand
  2. to give or serve as evidence (of)
  3. to be the scene or setting of
  4. to testify, esp in a court of law, to events within a person's own knowledge
  5. to attest to the genuineness of (a document, signature, etc) by adding one's own signature
Witness (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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