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Definitions: Bear Witness |
Bear WitnessVerb1. Provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence". 2. Give testimony in a court of law. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Bear WitnessSynonyms: attest (v), evidence (v), prove (v), show (v), take the stand (v), testify (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bear Witness |
| Specialty definitions using "bear witness": Decalogue ♦ Witness, Witness of the Spirit. (references) |
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Screenplays | And with your dying breath, you will bear witness to the End of Days. (End of Days; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe) A very worthy sum on a very worthy question. Can a play show us the very truth and nature of love? I bear witness to the wager, and will be the judge of it as occasion arises. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard) But bear witness, I owe her nothing. (Camille; writing credit: Zoe Akins) | |
Movie/TV Titles | To Bear Witness (1983) | |
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Expressions using "bear witness": bear witness of ♦ bear witness to ♦ bear witness to a fact. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bear witness | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "bear witness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sjell provë për, dëshmoj (evidence, indicate, infer, testify, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قال الحقيقة, إستشهد (cite, quote), شهد (assist, attend, certificate, evidence, testify, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свидетелствувам в полза на (bear witness of), свидетелствувам за (bear witness to, denote, indicate, register, speak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vypovídat jako svìdek, svìdèit (agree, attest to, give evidence, indicate, testify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | getuigen voor (certify witness, give evidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | atesti (attest, bear witness of, testify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | vátta (acknowledge, admit, assert, attest, bear witness of, confess, confirm, corroborate, profess, state, testify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | todistaa jonkun puolesta (certify witness, give evidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | témoigner (bear witness of), porter témoignage pour, citer, attester (bear witness of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zeugnis ablegen (certify witness, give evidence), künden (announce, Herald). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φέρω μαρτυρία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לע ות (answer, answer back, reply, respond), ל"עי" (affirm, attest, aver, give evidence, testify, vouch, warn, witness), ל"ס"י" (testify), לס"". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanúskodik (evince, to bear testimony, to bear witness, to depose, to evidence, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | testimoniare (attest, certify witness, depose, give evidence, record, sire, testify, to depose evidence, to give evidence, witness, witnesses), fare testimonianza (certify witness, give evidence), attestare (attest, certify, certify witness, give evidence, testify, to witness, vouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | testiguá (attest, bear witness of, testify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earbay itnessway testemunhar (bring evidence to, depone, depose, nuncupation, testify), depor a favor de (certify witness, give evidence). (various references) aduce mãrturie. (various references) свидетельствовать (attest, bear testimony, certificate, evidence, give evidence, record, testified, testify, witnessed). (various references) osvedočiti se (make certain). (various references) dar fe de, atestiguar (attest, certify, depose, testify, vouch, witness). (various references) vittna (certify witness, give evidence, testify, to depose evidence, to give evidence, witness), vara vittne, avlägga vittnesmål (certify witness, give evidence, to depose evidence, to give evidence). (various references) şahitlik etmek (depose, testify, witness). (various references) свідчити (argue, attest, bear testimony, depone, evidence, evince, give witness, homologate, militate, proclaim, reveal, swear, tell, testate, testify, witness), засвідчувати (attest, authenticate, certificate, certify, prove, witness). (various references) tystiolaethu (tetify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | protestor, protesto, protestor; protesto, testabatur, testabor, testamur, testare, testatur, testatus, testetur, testificari, testor. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 5, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean egw marturw peri emautou h marturia mou ouk estin alhqhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si ego testimonium perhibeo de me testimonium meum non est verum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Gif ic ge-witnesse be me kyðe; minge-witnesse nis soð. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If Y bere witnessing of my silf, my witnessyng is not trewe; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf I beare witnes of my selfe my witnes is not true. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true. |
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| Language | John Chapter 5, Verse 31 |
| Bulgarian | "руг има, Който свидетелствува за Мене; и зная, че свидетелството, което Той дава за Мене е истинно. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kon ako mao ang magpanghimatuod mahitungod sa akong kaugalingon, ang akong panghimatuod maisip nga dili tinuod. |
| Chinese | 我 若 為 自 己 作 見 證 、 我 的 見 證 就 不 真 。 |
| Croatian | "Ako ja svjedoèim sam za sebe, svjedoèanstvo moje nije istinito. |
| Danish | Dersom jeg vidner om mig selv, er mit Vidnesbyrd ikke sandt". |
| Dutch | Indien Ik van Mijzelven getuig, Mijn getuigenis is niet waarachtig. |
| Finnish | Jos minä itsestäni todistan, ei minun todistukseni ole pätevä. |
| French | Si c`est moi qui rends témoignage de moi-même, mon témoignage n`est pas vrai. |
| German | So ich von mir selbst zeuge, so ist mein Zeugnis nicht wahr. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Si m' pale tèt mwen byen, moun pa ka asepte sa m'ap di a pou verite. |
| Hungarian | Ha én teszek bizonyságot magamról, az én bizonyságtételem nem igaz. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Andaikata Aku memberi kesaksian tentang diri sendiri, kesaksian itu tak dapat dipercaya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau Aku menyaksikan dari hal diri-Ku, maka kesaksian-Ku itu tiada benar. |
| Italian | Se fossi io a render testimonianza a me stesso, la mia testimonianza non sarebbe vera; |
| Korean | 내 가 만 일 나 를 위 하 여 증 거 하 면 내 증 거 " 참 되 지 아 니 하 되 |
| Latvian | Ja es pats dodu liecîbu par sevi, mana liecîba nav patiesa. |
| Maori | ¶ Mehemea ko ahau hei whakaatu i aku aha, i aku aha, ehara taku i te whakaatu pono. |
| Norwegian | Vidner jeg om mig selv, da er mitt vidnesbyrd ikke sant; |
| Portuguese | Se eu der testemunho de mim mesmo, o meu testemunho não é verdadeiro. |
| Rumanian | Dacq Eu mqrturisesc despre Mine knsumi, mqrturia Mea nu este adevqratq. |
| Russian | еУМЙ с УЧЙ"ЕФЕМШУФЧХА уБН П уЕ'Е, ФП УЧЙ"ЕФЕМШУФЧП нПЕ ОЕ ЕУФШ ЙУФЙООП. |
| Shuar | ¶ Aya Wiki "Yúsaiyaitjai" Tákunka winia chichamur ántar ainti. |
| Spanish | Si yo doy testimonio de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es verdadero. |
| Swahili | Nikijishuhudia mimi mwenyewe, ushahidi wangu hauwezi kukubaliwa kuwa wa kweli. |
| Swedish | Om jag själv vittnar om mig, så gäller icke mitt vittnesbörd. |
| Thai | ถ้าเราเป็นพยานถึงตัวเราเอง คำพยานของเราก็ไม่จริง |
| Ukrainian | ¶ Коли свідчу про Себе Я Сам, то свідоцтво Мо" неправдиве. |
| Uma | ¶ "Ane ke Aku' moto-wadi to mpo'uli' ka'Aku' -na suro Alata'ala, pai' uma ria tau ntani' -na to mposabii' -a, uma ni'incai ba makono lolita-ku ba uma-di. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-n-r-s-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: earwitness, wateriness. | |
-2 letters: absenters, arsenites, banisters, brawniest, irateness, resinates, stearines, wasteries, weariness. | |
-3 letters: absenter, arenites, arsenite, artiness, assenter, banister, bareness, barniest, basinets, bassinet, beasties, bestrewn, bestrews, betaines, brewises, earnests, etesians, newsiest, resinate, retsinas, sarsenet, sentries, seriates, stainers, stearine, stearins, sweaters, sweatier, teniases, tinwares, trainees, waisters, waitress, wariness, wasterie, wastries, weariest, websites, websters, westerns. | |
-4 letters: absents, aeriest, anestri, answers, antsier, arenite, arsines, baiters, banters, banties, barites, basinet, basters, bawties, beanies, beastie, beaters, berates, bestirs, bestrew, betaine, betises, bewares, bisters, bistres, braises, brassie, brawest, breasts, brisant, earnest, easiest, eastern, easters, entases, entasis, entires, entries, estrins, etesian, inserts, instars, nastier, nasties, nearest, nesters, newbies, newsier, newsies, ratines, rawness, rebaits, rebates, renests, reseats, resents, resites, retains, retinae, retinas, retines, retsina, sabines, santirs, sateens, satires, searest, seaters, seiners, senates, sensate, sereins, seriate, serines, sestina, sestine, sinters, stainer, stearin, strains, sweater, tansies, tawnier, tawnies, teasers, terbias, tessera, tinware, tisanes, trainee, trienes, twiners, waeness, waister, waiters, waniest, wanters, wariest, wasters, wastrie, weaners, wearies, website, webster, weiners, western, westers, wetness, wieners, winters, wisents, witness. | |
-5 letters: absent, aeries, airest, anises, answer, antres, aretes, arisen, arises, arsine, assent, assert, astern, asters, atween, bairns, baiter, banter, barest, barite, basest, basins, basset, baster, bastes, bawtie, beanie, beasts, beaten, beater, berate, berets, besets, bestir, betise, beware, biases, binate, birses, bister, bistre, biters, brains, braise, brants, brawns, breast, brents, brewis, brines, easier, easies, easter, eaters, enates, entera, enters, entire, erases, esters, estrin, inerts, insert, insets, instar, inters, neater, nereis, nester, newbie, newest, newies, newsie, niters, nitres, rabies, raises, ranees, ratine, rawest, rawins, rebait, rebate, reests, renest, renews, rentes, resawn, resaws, reseat, resent, resets, resewn, resews, resins, resist, resite, retain, reties, retina, retine, rewets, rewins, rinses, sabers, sabine, sabins, sabirs, sabres, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, santir, sarees, sarins, sarsen, sateen, satins, satire, sawers, seater, seesaw, seiner, seines, seiser, senate, serais, serein, serest, series, serine, serins, sewans, sewars, sewers, siesta, sinews, sinter, sirees, sirens, sister, sistra, sitars, snares, sneers, stains, stairs, stanes, stares, steers, steins, steres, sterna, sterns, strain, straws, strewn, strews, striae, swains, swears, sweats, sweets, tabers, tassie, tawers, tawses, teaser, teases, teniae, tenias, tenser, tenses, terais, terbia, ternes, tineas, tisane, trains, treens, tribes, triene, triens, trines, twains, twiers, twiner, twines, waists, waiter, wanier, wanter, waster, wastes, waters, weaner, webers, weiner, wester, wiener, winter, wisent, wisest, wrasse, wrests, wriest, wrists, writes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-n-r-s-s-t-w" | |
+4 letters: blameworthiness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 61 72 57 69 74 6E 65 73 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010111 01101001 01110100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e a r   W i t n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0061 0072 0057 0069 0074 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36716784257758680718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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