Definition of witness
- v. i. - Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
- v. i. - That which furnishes evidence or proof.
- v. i. - One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or
otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an
earwitness.
- v. i. - One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before
a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential
facts.
- v. i. - One who sees the execution of an instrument, and
subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his
testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.
- v. t. - To see or know by personal presence; to have direct
cognizance of.
- v. t. - To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
- v. t. - 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.