witness

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Etymology

From Old English witnes

Pronunciation

Noun

witness (plural witnesses)

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

Derived terms

Verb

to witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
    This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
    • 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
  2. (transitive) To take as evidence.
    • 1993, Vicki M. Pino, “Viewpoints from our Readers after "Aprongate": Lighten up”, Atlanta Journal Constitution:
      Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide.
  3. (transitive) To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
    He witnessed the accident.
  4. (intransitive, construed with to or for) 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.

Synonyms

Translations

(transitive) to furnish proof of, to show
  • Hungarian: tanúsít hu(hu)
  • Russian: свидетельстовать ru(ru) (svid'ét'el'stvovat') (impf.); подтверждать ru(ru) (podtv'erždát') (impf.), подтвердить ru(ru) (podtv'erdít') (pf.)
  • Swedish: vittna om sv(sv)
(transitive) to take note of
  • Swedish: bevittna sv(sv)
(transitive) to see, note, or gain knowledge of
  • German: Zeuge sein
  • Swedish: bevittna sv(sv)
(intransitive; with the preposition to) to preach at someone
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References

  1. ^ Raising children with a Christian (and extended fam)

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