| testify | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. attest, bear witness, take the stand, testify | give testimony in a court of law. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ vouch | give personal assurance; guarantee.; "Will he vouch for me?" |
| v. (communication) | 2. bear witness, evidence, prove, show, testify | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ attest, certify, evidence, manifest, demonstrate | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ presume | constitute reasonable evidence for.; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food" |
| ~ abduce, adduce, cite | advance evidence for. |
| witness | | |
| n. (person) | 1. informant, witness, witnesser | someone who sees an event and reports what happened. |
| ~ beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. |
| ~ attester, attestant | someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something. |
| ~ speaker, 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. |
| n. (person) | 2. looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness | a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind).; "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" |
| ~ beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. |
| ~ browser | a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular. |
| ~ bystander | a nonparticipant spectator. |
| ~ cheerer | a spectator who shouts encouragement. |
| ~ eyewitness | a spectator who can describe what happened. |
| ~ gawker | a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness. |
| ~ motion-picture fan, moviegoer | someone who goes to see movies. |
| ~ ogler | a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person. |
| ~ looker-on, onlooker | someone who looks on. |
| ~ playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer | someone who attends the theater. |
| ~ rubbernecker, rubberneck | a person who stares inquisitively. |
| ~ spy | a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people.; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night" |
| ~ starer | a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility). |
| ~ peeper, peeping tom, voyeur | a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others. |
| n. (communication) | 3. witness | testimony by word or deed to your religious faith. |
| ~ shahadah | the first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith. |
| ~ testimony | a solemn statement made under oath. |
| n. (person) | 4. attestant, attestator, attestor, witness | (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ signatory, signer | someone who signs and is bound by a document. |
| n. (person) | 5. witness | (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ adverse witness, hostile witness | a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party.; "a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined" |
| ~ character witness | a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives. |
| ~ expert witness | a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about. |
| ~ lay witness | any witness who does not testify as an expert witness. |
| ~ material witness | a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter. |
| v. (perception) | 6. witness | be a witness to.; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court" |
| ~ eyewitness | be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes. |
| ~ watch | look attentively.; "watch a basketball game" |
| v. (perception) | 7. find, see, witness | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| ~ get a line, get wind, get word, discover, find out, hear, learn, pick up, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
| ~ catch | become aware of.; "he caught her staring out the window" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| ~ find | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place.; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room" |
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