OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21057

witness

/ˈwɪtnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
testimonio
Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
testigo
One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
[…]thyself art witness— I am betrothed.
testigo
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was trav…
The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
prueba • testigo
Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
📚 verb • entry_id 21058

witness

/ˈwɪtnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
testificar
To furnish proof of, to show.
This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay
atestiguar • probar
To take as evidence.
Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide.
presenciar • ser testigo de • ver
To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
He witnessed the accident.
This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we be so unfortunate as ever to witness the triumph of modern infidelity
testificar
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.
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