witness

n 1: someone who sees an event and tells what happened [syn: {informant}]

2: 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" [syn: {spectator}, {viewer}, {watcher}]

3: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

4: a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or

signature by adding their own signature [syn: {attestant}]

v 1: be a witness to

2: perceive with any or all of one's senses; "We found

Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of

cheating in this school"; give rise to or be characterized

by; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation

against established traditions" [syn: {find}, {see}]