Witness

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1. Verb

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

2. Verb

That which furnishes evidence or proof.

3. Verb

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

4. Verb

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

5. Verb

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.

6. Verb

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

7. Verb

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

8. Verb

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.

9. Verb

To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

10. Noun

testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
Vocabulary classified under Law

11. Noun

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Vocabulary classified under Law

12. Noun

(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
Vocabulary classified under Law

13. 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"
Vocabulary classified under Media and communication
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