BEAR WITNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bear witness mean?
• BEAR WITNESS (verb)
The verb BEAR WITNESS has 2 senses:
1. provide evidence for
2. give testimony in a court of law
Familiarity information: BEAR WITNESS used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEAR WITNESS (verb)
Meaning:
Provide evidence for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bear witness; evidence; testify; prove; show
Context examples:
The blood test showed that he was the father / Her behavior testified to her incompetence
Hypernyms (to "bear witness" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear witness"):
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)
presume (constitute reasonable evidence for)
abduce; adduce; cite (advance evidence for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Give testimony in a court of law
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
take the stand; testify; bear witness; attest
Hypernyms (to "bear witness" is one way to...):
declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear witness"):
vouch (give personal assurance; guarantee)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
