witnesser

wit·ness

 (wĭt′nĭs)

n.

1. One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced: a witness to the accident.

2. Law

a. One who is called on to testify before a court.

b. One who is called on to be present at a transaction in order to attest to what takes place.

c. One who signs one's name to a document for the purpose of attesting to its authenticity.

3.

a. Attestation to a fact, statement, or event; testimony: She bears witness to these events in her letters.

b. Something that serves as evidence; a sign: The parody of the poem is a witness to the poem's popularity.

4.

a. One who publicly affirms religious faith.

b. Witness A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

v. wit·nessed, wit·ness·ing, wit·ness·es

v.tr.

1. To see or know by personal experience: witness a robbery; witness the birth of a new nation.

2.

a. To provide or serve as evidence of: The child's laughter witnessed her delight.

b. To consider as an example. Often used in the imperative: Even a widespread species can go extinct. Witness the passenger pigeon.

3. To testify to; bear witness of: The diary witnesses the difficult living conditions of the time.

4. To be the setting or site of: This old auditorium has witnessed many ceremonies.

5. To attest to the legality or authenticity of (a document) by signing one's name.

v.intr.

1. To furnish or serve as evidence: The fine buildings witness to the town's prosperity.

2. To testify to one's religious beliefs: "As they witnessed to their faith they brought others to believe" (Leon Morris).

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[Middle English, from Old English, from wit, knowledge; see wit¹.]

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wit′ness·er n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

witnesser - someone who sees an event and reports what happened witness, informant beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses attester, attestant - someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" deponent, deposer, testifier - a person who testifies or gives a deposition

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