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In geology, an eroded fragment of former more extensive strata, remaining in testimony of that which has departed.
To bear witness or testimony; give evidence; testify.
To take witness or notice.
To give testimony to; testify; bear witness of, or serve as evidence of; attest; prove; show.
[Witness in this sense is often used in the subjunctive imperatively or optatively, in many cases with inversion.
To show by one's behavior; betray as a sentiment.
To see or know by personal presence; be a witness of; observe.
To see the execution of and affix one's name to (a contract, will, or other document) for the purpose of establishing its identity: as, to witness a bond or a deed.
To foretell; presage; foretoken.
=Syn.3. Perceive, Observe, etc. See see.
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Testimony; attestation of a fact or event; evidence: often with bear: as, to bear witness.
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One who or that which bears testimony or furnishes evidence or proof.
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One who is personally present and sees some act or occurrence, or hears something spoken, and can therefore bear witness to it; a spectator.
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A sponsor, as at a baptism or christening.
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In law:
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One who gives testimony on the trial of a cause; one who appears before a court, judge, or other officer, and is examined under oath or affirmation.
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One whose testimony is offered, or desired and expected.
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One in whose presence or under whose observation a fact occurred.
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One who upon request by or on behalf of a party subscribes his name to an instrument to attest the genuineness of its execution: more exactly, an attesting witness or a subscribing witness.
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In bookbinding, an occasional rough edge on the leaf of a bound book, which is a testimony that the leaves have not been unduly trimmed.