Witness

Definition of Witness

Wit´ness

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?

- Shak.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

- John v. 31.

That which furnishes evidence or proof.

Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.

- Gen. xxxi. 51, 52.

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

Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.

- R. Hall.

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

Privileged witnesses
(Law) See under Privileged.

With a witness
effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony.

This, I confess, is haste with a witness.

- South.

v. t.

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

This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity.

- R. Hall.

General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.

- Marshall.

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

Behold how many things they witness against thee.

- Mark xv. 4.

(Law) 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.

v. i.

To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.

The men of Belial witnessed against him.

- 1 Kings xxi. 13.

The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event [martyrdom] that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness to death.

- South.

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