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witness

noun

1 witness

Someone who sees an event and reports what happened.

synonyms: informant, witnesser.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Roget 467: evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita [Lat.], grounds.    indication etc. 550; criterion etc. (test) 463.    testimony, ... show more

Dutch: getuigenis, getuige

2 witness

A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind).

synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, watcher.

Roget 444: spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.].    spy; ... show more

Dutch: getuige, kijker, toekijker, toeschouwer
Polish: oglądacz

3 witness

Testimony by word or deed to your religious faith.

4 witness

law A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.

synonyms: attestant, attestator, attestor.

Polish: świadek

5 witness

law A person who testifies under oath in a court of law.

Polish: świadek

verb

1 witness

Be a witness to.

Roget 467: be evidence etc. n.; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate etc. (denote) 550; imply, involve, ... show more

Roget 444: witness, behold etc. (see) 441; look on etc. (be present) 186; gawk, rubber [Slang], rubberneck [U.S.].   

2 witness

Perceive or be contemporaneous with.

synonyms: find, see.

Roget 441: see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken [Scot.]; ... show more


adverb

Roget 467: by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus [Fr.]; in corroboration etc. n.. of; valeat quantum [Lat.]; under seal, under one's hand and seal.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: TV-viewer, accessory, acknowledge, admission, adviser, affidavit, affirm, affirmation, allegation, allege, announce, announcer, annunciator, appear, argue, assertion, asseverate, asseveration, assister, attend ... show more.

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