witnessed

Verb

witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)

1. (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
   • This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
2. (transitive) To take as evidence.
   • Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide.1993, Vicki M. Pino, “Viewpoints from our Readers after "Aprongate": Lighten up”, in Atlanta Journal Constitution
3. (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
   • He witnessed the accident.
4. (intransitive) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
   • Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.1998, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", page 842
5. To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
   • to witness a bond or a deed

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