Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to witness
Participle: witnessed
Gerund: witnessing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | witness |
| you | witness |
| he;she;it | witnesses |
| we | witness |
| you | witness |
| they | witness |
Perfect
| I | have witnessed |
| you | have witnessed |
| he;she;it | has witnessed |
| we | have witnessed |
| you | have witnessed |
| they | have witnessed |
Past
| I | witnessed |
| you | witnessed |
| he;she;it | witnessed |
| we | witnessed |
| you | witnessed |
| they | witnessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had witnessed |
| you | had witnessed |
| he;she;it | had witnessed |
| we | had witnessed |
| you | had witnessed |
| they | had witnessed |
Future
| I | will witness |
| you | will witness |
| he;she;it | will witness |
| we | will witness |
| you | will witness |
| they | will witness |
Future Perfect
| I | will have witnessed |
| you | will have witnessed |
| he;she;it | will have witnessed |
| we | will have witnessed |
| you | will have witnessed |
| they | will have witnessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | witness |
| you | witness |
| he;she;it | witness |
| we | witness |
| you | witness |
| they | witness |
Perfect
| I | have witnessed |
| you | have witnessed |
| he;she;it | have witnessed |
| we | have witnessed |
| you | have witnessed |
| they | have witnessed |
Imperfect
| I | witnessed |
| you | witnessed |
| he;she;it | witnessed |
| we | witnessed |
| you | witnessed |
| they | witnessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had witnessed |
| you | had witnessed |
| he;she;it | had witnessed |
| we | had witnessed |
| you | had witnessed |
| they | had witnessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would witness |
| you | would witness |
| he;she;it | would witness |
| we | would witness |
| you | would witness |
| they | would witness |
Perfect
| I | would have witnessed |
| you | would have witnessed |
| he;she;it | would have witnessed |
| we | would have witnessed |
| you | would have witnessed |
| they | would have witnessed |
Imperative
| you | witness |
| we | Let's witness |
| you | witness |
Verbs conjugated like 'witness'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'witness'
waitress,
digress,
disnest,
distress,
eyewitness,
finesse,
harness,
likeness,
mistress,
stress,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
Sample Sentences
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Whoever visits some estates there, and witnesses the good-humored indulgence of some masters and mistresses, and the affectionate loyalty of some slaves, might be tempted to dream the oft-fabled poetic legend of a patriarchal institution, and all [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] trust, even in mad people, ’ said the resident physician, as we walked along the galleries, his patients flocking round us unrestrained. Of those who deny or doubt the wisdom of this maxim after witnessing its effects, if there be such people still alive, I can only say that I hope I may never be summoned as a Juryman on a Commission of Lunacy whereof they are the subjects; for I should certainly find [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] State of Kentucky. Having “ nothing of the bear about him but the skin, ” and being gifted by nature with a great, honest, just heart, quite equal to his gigantic frame, he had been for some years witnessing with repressed uneasiness the workings of a system equally bad for oppressor and oppressed. At last, one day, John's great heart had swelled altogether too big to wear his bonds any longer; so he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of it by immediately undressing himself and crawling into bed. The rapidity with which an agitated gambler subsided into a snoring slumberer, was one of the most singular effects I have ever witnessed. As to the ladies, they were already abed, behind the red curtain, which was carefully drawn and pinned up the centre; though as every cough, or sneeze, or whisper, behind this curtain, was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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On the fourth night after leaving Louisville, we reached St. Louis, and here I witnessed the conclusion of an incident, trifling enough in itself, but very pleasant to see, which had interested me during the whole journey.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] me a moving account of their strong attachment to the familiar scenes of their infancy, and in particular to the burial-places of their kindred; and of their great reluctance to leave them. He had witnessed many such removals, and always with pain, though he knew that they departed for their own good. The question whether this tribe should go or stay, had been discussed among them a day or two before, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The scene of the beating had been witnessed by the two brothers St. Clare, from another part of the garden.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She felt, too, for those fond, faithful servants, to whom she was as daylight and sunshine. Children do not usually generalize; but Eva was an uncommonly mature child, and the things that she had witnessed of the evils of the system under which they were living had fallen, one by one, into the depths of her thoughtful, pondering heart. She had vague longings to do something for them,—to bless and save [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Good boy, ” said Miss Ophelia, smiling. “ But must it not be witnessed ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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So one should have thought, that witnessed the sunken and dejected expression on those dark faces; the wistful, patient weariness with which those sad eyes rested on object after object that passed them in their sad journey.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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We appear to be... ... witnessing the public release
(Disclosure Day)
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... witnessing the public release of material long shrouded in secrecy:
(Disclosure Day)