witnessing
witnessing is the present participle and gerund of witness.
Meaning of witness
Verb
witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)
- To furnish proof of, to show.
- This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- 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
- To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- He witnessed the accident.
- 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
- 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
Noun
witnessing (plural witnessings)
- The act of bearing witness.
- false witnessings
Forms of witnessing
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Questions about witnessing
- What does witnessing mean?
- Witnessing means the act of bearing witness.
- What is witnessing the present participle and gerund of?
- Witnessing is the present participle and gerund of witness.
- What part of speech is witnessing?
- Witnessing is a noun.
- What is the plural of witnessing?
- The plural of witnessing is witnessings.
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