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  • n  someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  • n  a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
  • n  testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
  • n  (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
  • n  (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
  • v  be a witness to
    She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
  • v  perceive or be contemporaneous with

  • In the summer of 1948, a squat, rumpled man took the witness stand before the House Un-American Activities Committee and made a series of accusations that changed the temper of .
  • Gore's first witness gets cut up in cross-examination .
  • Only a handful of states--including Vermont, Wisconsin and Minnesota--have "duty to assist" laws requiring those who witness a crime to offer aid and report it.
News & Articles

  • Witness' report leads to arrest in bike theft
    by Andrea Gemmet Police arrested a San Jose man for allegedly stealing a bicycle at the Mountain View Caltrain station after a witness alerted police.
    June 12, 2013 - Mountain View Voice
  • Key witness takes stand in Maurice Anthony trial
    Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A key witness pointed her finger at Maurice Anthony in Broome County court, identifying him as the killer of her 21-year-old cousin in 2010.
    June 12, 2013 - WBNG Binghamton
  • Witness woes bog down shooting trials
    BLOOMINGTON — Witness problems continue to plague the trials of several men charged in connection with an Oct. 13 shooting that injured four people in Bloomington.
    June 11, 2013 - The Pantagraph
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in FOXNews
    I believe that,Obama said. "The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples' belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness."
  • Michael Vick in Los Angeles Times
    I want to assure everyone that I had nothing to do with that incident,he said in the statement provided to the Associated Press by his representatives Thursday night. "I left the restaurant prior to it occurring and did not witness what...

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