[{"word":"witnessing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To furnish proof of, to show.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7"},{"definition":"To take as evidence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To see or gain knowledge of through experience.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He witnessed the accident."},{"definition":"(construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to witness a bond or a deed"}],"synonyms":["certify"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of bearing witness.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"false witnessings"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/witness","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/witnessing"]}]