| 释义 |
witnesser
wit·ness W0194500 (wĭt′nĭs)n.1. One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced: a witness to the accident.2. Law a. One who is called on to testify before a court.b. One who is called on to be present at a transaction in order to attest to what takes place.c. One who signs one's name to a document for the purpose of attesting to its authenticity.3. a. Attestation to a fact, statement, or event; testimony: She bears witness to these events in her letters.b. Something that serves as evidence; a sign: The parody of the poem is a witness to the poem's popularity.4. a. One who publicly affirms religious faith.b. Witness A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.v. wit·nessed, wit·ness·ing, wit·ness·es v.tr.1. To see or know by personal experience: witness a robbery; witness the birth of a new nation.2. a. To provide or serve as evidence of: The child's laughter witnessed her delight.b. To consider as an example. Often used in the imperative: Even a widespread species can go extinct. Witness the passenger pigeon.3. To testify to; bear witness of: The diary witnesses the difficult living conditions of the time.4. To be the setting or site of: This old auditorium has witnessed many ceremonies.5. To attest to the legality or authenticity of (a document) by signing one's name.v.intr.1. To furnish or serve as evidence: The fine buildings witness to the town's prosperity.2. To testify to one's religious beliefs: "As they witnessed to their faith they brought others to believe" (Leon Morris).
[Middle English, from Old English, from wit, knowledge; see wit1.]
wit′ness·er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | witnesser - someone who sees an event and reports what happenedwitness, informantbeholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the sensesattester, attestant - someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of somethingspeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"deponent, deposer, testifier - a person who testifies or gives a deposition |
EncyclopediaSeewitnesswitnesser
Synonyms for witnessernoun someone who sees an event and reports what happenedSynonymsRelated Words- beholder
- observer
- perceiver
- percipient
- attester
- attestant
- speaker
- talker
- verbaliser
- verbalizer
- utterer
- deponent
- deposer
- testifier
|