v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The men of Belial witnessed against him. 1 Kings xxi. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. witness, gewitnes, from witan to know. √133. See Wit, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. John v. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness. Gen. xxxi. 51, 52. [ 1913 Webster ]
Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret. R. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Privileged witnesses. (Law)
With a witness,
v. t.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold how many things they witness against thee. Mark xv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who witness. [ 1913 Webster ]