Witness - Definition
witness
n 1: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn:
witness, witnesser, informant]
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" [syn: spectator, witness, viewer,
watcher, looker]
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 [syn: witness,
attestant, attestor, attestator]
5: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
v 1: be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to
testify in court"
2: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this
school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger
generation against established traditions"; "I want to see
results" [syn: witness, find, see]