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Webster 1913 Edition
Eyewitness
Eye′witˊness
,Noun.
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
We . . . were
eyewitnesses
of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.
Definition 2024
eyewitness
eyewitness
See also: eye-witness and eye witness
English
Alternative forms
Noun
eyewitness (plural eyewitnesses)
- Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
- 1915, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan:
- And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.
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Translations
person who has seen and testify about an event
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Verb
eyewitness (third-person singular simple present eyewitnesses, present participle eyewitnessing, simple past and past participle eyewitnessed)
- To be present at an event, and see it