Witness

Noun

 * 1) Attestation of a fact or event.
 * She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
 * 1) One who has a personal knowledge of something.
 * As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.
 * 1) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
 * The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
 * 1) Something that serves as evidence; a sign.

Derived terms

 * expert witness
 * eyewitness

Verb

 * 1)  To furnish proof of, to show.
 * This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
 * 1) * 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
 * 2)  To take as evidence.
 * 3)  To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
 * He witnessed the accident.
 * 1)  To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
 * "I don't really want to be actively harrassed (I mean witnessed to) (...)"
 * 1) * 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6‎, page 842
 * Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
 * Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.

Synonyms

 * certify

Adjectives for Witness
mute; trustworthy; laughing; material; missing; singular; actual; striking; eloquent; perjured; divers (pi) ; long-lost; perpetual; impartial; terror-stricken; awful; creditable; reluctant; silent; surviving; all-judging; eternal; too-willing; followed; crushing; credible; thorough; steadfast; relentless; petrified; sympathizing.

Verbs for Witness
bear—; bias—; bribe—; cite—; coach—; confront with—; contradict—; cross-examine —; intimidate—; introduce—; prejudice—; present—; produce—; rake up—s; suborn —; subpoena—; summon—; —acknowl¬edges; —alleges; —attests to; —authenticates; —avers; —bears on; —beholds; — certifies; —confesses; —confirms; —con¬tends; —contradicts; —corroborates; — damns; —endorses; —evidences; —falsifies; —impugns;  —perjures;   —pictures;   — pleads; —records; —reports; —reveals; — seals; —signs; —substantiates; —supports; —testifies; —upholds; —verifies; —views; —vouches for; —vows.

Thesaurus
TV-viewer, accessory, acknowledge, admission, adviser, affidavit, affirm, affirmation, allegation, allege, announce, announcer, annunciator, appear, argue, assertion, asseverate, asseveration, assister, attend, attest, attestant, attestation, attestator, attester, authority, authorization, aver, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, be at, be present at, bear witness, behold, beholder, bespeak, betoken, bill of health, bird-watcher, bystander, catch, catch sight of, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, certify, channel, clap eyes on, cojuror, come to, communicant, communicator, compurgation, compurgator, confirmation, credential, declaration, defendant, depone, deponent, depose, deposition, descry, diploma, discern, disclose, disclosure, discover, distinguish, do, drugstore cowboy, earwitness, endorse, enlightener, espy, evidence, examinant, examinate, examinee, expert witness, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, give evidence, glimpse, go to, goggler, gossipmonger, grapevine, have in sight, informant, information center, information medium, informer, instrument in proof, interviewee, ken, kibitzer, lay eyes on, legal evidence, litigant, litigationist, litigator, look on, look upon, looker, looker-on, make out, monitor, mouthpiece, navicert, newsmonger, notarized statement, note, notice, notifier, observe, observer, ogler, onlooker, panel, parties litigant, party, passerby, perceive, perceiver, percipient, pick out, plaintiff, press, profession, proof, public relations officer, publisher, questionee, quizzee, radio, recognize, reporter, see, seer, sheepskin, show up, sidewalk superintendent, sight, sit in, source, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, spokesman, spot, spy, statement, subject, subscribe, suitor, swear, swearer, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, take in, televiewer, television, television-viewer, teller, testament, testamur, testifier, testify, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, ticket, tipster, tout, turn up, twig, video-gazer, view, viewer, visa, vise, visit, vouch, voucher, warrant, warranty, watch, watcher, word

Etymology
From witnes

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: testimoni, testimoniatge
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: ɖaseɖiɖi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: tanúság
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: testimonianza


 * Japanese: 証人 (しょうにん, shōnin), 証 (あかし, akashi)
 * Korean: 증인
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: testemunho
 * Russian: свидетельство
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: svedkom
 * Spanish: testimonio
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: vittnesmål


 * Armenian:, ականատես
 * Catalan: testimoni
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: atestanto
 * Ewe: ɖasedila
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Zeuge, Zeugin
 * Hindi: गवाह
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Japanese: 目撃者 (もくげきしゃ, mokugeki sha)
 * Korean: 목격자
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: testemunha
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: testigo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సాక్షి
 * Urdu: گواہ


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: testimoni
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Zeuge, Zeugin


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 証人 (しょうにん, shōnin)
 * Norwegian: vitne
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: prova
 * Finnish:


 * French: preuve
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * : (šāhed)
 * : 證人 (zhèng-rén)
 * : testimone
 * : 증인 (jeung-in)
 * : govan, şahid, gewa


 * : testemunha
 * : priča
 * : testigo
 * : (gawah)

Verb

 * Armenian: վկայել,
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: tanúsít
 * Russian: свидетельстовать ;, подтвердить
 * Swedish: vittna om


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: todistaa, osoittaa


 * Swedish: bevittna


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:


 * German: Zeuge sein
 * Swedish: bevittna


 * Finnish:


 * : témoigner
 * : pričati

Anagrams

 * wisents