TO WITNESS

Definition: WITNESS

WITNESS

Noun

1. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened.

2. A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star".

3. Testimony by word or deed to your religious faith.

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

5. (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law.

Verb

1. Be a witness to.

2. Perceive with any or all of one's senses; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; give rise to or be characterized by; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results".

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Business

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Affirmation

Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.

Evidence

Adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses.

Crosswords: TO WITNESS

Are you ready now to witness a power not seen for thousands of years? (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson)

The ability to witness two men stand toe to toe in the spirit of sportsmanship and pummel each other into insensibility is what separates us from the animals. (Taxi; writing credit: Grahame Bond; Jim Burnett)

Why can we not trust the people to witness them? (Red Corner; writing credit: Robert King)

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Books

• Approaching Jehovah's Witnesses in Love: How to Witness Effectively Without Arguing (reference)

• Out of the Bleachers and Onto the Field: How to Witness Without Hang-Ups (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Conservation of our natural resources ensures that future generations will be able to witness the wonders of nature first hand. Birdwatching. Credit: Robert G. Price.

Underway in company with USS Augusta (CA-31), in left front, off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, on August 1941. Augusta had President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked to witness Long Island's operations. Among the other ships present are USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37), partially visible at far right, and USS Meredith (DD-434), steaming astern of Long Island. Credit: NAVY.

Petersburg, Va. Federal troops drawn up to witness a hanging. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. (reference)

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We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.

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Business

Cattle-rearing equipment offers a mixed picture for the year 2000. Both the milk and meat categories of the bovine sector are expected to witness increase in the demand for equipment. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

Generally, Moldovans have yet to witness serious price battles among competing brands and stores. (references)

India

The Indian Information Technology (IT) industry continued to witness a rapid growth for the sixth consecutive year. (references)

Argentina

On the other hand, quality products from the U.S., especially brand name PCs, will continue to witness good demand from the corporate sector. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

The Government allowed human rights organizations to witness some autopsies of persons who died in police custody. (references)

Political Economy

Mexico

Foreign "visitors" have also been welcomed to witness Mexican elections. (references)

Women

New Zealand

The 1996 Domestic Violence Act broadened the definition of violence to include psychological abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, and allowing children to witness psychological abuse. (references)

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Expression using "TO WITNESS": call to witness. Additional references.

Arabic 

شهد. (various references)

Danish

underskrive som vitterlighedsvidne. (various references)

Dutch

getuigen (attest, bear witness of, testify). (various references)

Finnish

todistaa (attest, bear witness, bear witness of, demonstrate, give evidence, prove, testify, witness). (various references)

French

invoquer le témoignage de quelqu'un (to call someone to witness), citer quelqu'un comme témoin (to call someone to witness), assignation � témoin (summons to witness), appeler quelqu'un en témoignage (to call someone to witness). (various references)

German

bezeugen (attest, attest to, bear witness of, testified, testify, to testify, vouch, witness). (various references)

Hungarian

tanúvallomást tesz (to evidence, to give evidence of sg, to take the stand, to testify), tanúként igazol, bizonyságot tesz (to display). (various references)

Italian

sottoscrivere (sign, subscribe, subscribe to, underwrite), ratificare (approve, confirm, ratify, sanction), attestare (attest, certify, testify, vouch). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay itnessway

Portuguese

notificar alguém como testemunha (to call someone to witness), invocar o depoimento de alguém (to call someone to witness), chamar alguém a depôr (to call someone to witness). (various references)

Romanian

aduce drept mãrturie (call to witness), aduce drept dovadã (call to witness). (various references)

Spanish

suscribir (subscribe, underwrite), ratificar (affirm, bind, endorse, indorse, ratify). (various references)

Swedish

kalla någon att vittna (to call someone to witness), kalla in någon att vittna (to call someone to witness). (various references)

arbitro, arbitro arbitror, arbitro, arbitror. (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: entwists, snowiest, stoniest, twinsets.

-2 letters: entwist, nosiest, testons, toniest, townies, twinset, wisents, witness.

-3 letters: enosis, eosins, essoin, insets, noesis, noises, nowise, onsets, ossein, setons, sinews, sitten, sonsie, sowens, steins, stenos, stints, stones, stotin, testis, teston, towies, townie, twines, twists, winoes, wisent, wisest.

-4 letters: enows, eosin, inset, neist, nests, netts, newts, nites, noise, noses, notes.

+3 letters: thistledowns.

+4 letters: wollastonites.

+5 letters: noteworthiness, westernisation.