to take witness of: to call or take to witness (see 6b); to appeal to as an authority or source of information. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > call to witness (8) to take witness of1390 to take witness of: to call or take to witness (see 6b); to appeal to as an authority or source of information. Obsolete. vouchc1412 To take or call (a person) to witness. †In early use with to record. Also transferred (quot. 1700). record1590 transitive. To call to witness. Obsolete. rare. attest1609 transitive. To call to witness. archaic or Obsolete. (So in French.) to swear downa1616 To bring or call down by swearing. appeal1645 To invoke or call to witness. Obsolete. rare. See 8. to take up1821 transitive. To summon as a witness. Obsolete. rare. invoke1851 To appeal to, in confirmation of something. |
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