witnessed
Saw it unfold
Witnessed is the past tense of witness—to see or observe something firsthand, especially something significant: I witnessed the accident from across the street.
It also means to formally attest to something's authenticity by signing: The document must be witnessed by a notary.
What gets witnessed tends toward the momentous—crimes, miracles, historic events, legal signings.
Past of perceive
spotted · perceived · discerned · sighted · glimpsed · regarded · eyed · surveyed
Declared under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- affidavitSworn written statement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
corroborated · attested · vouched · declared · verified · confirmed · account · evidence
saw
Past of perceive
viewed · spotted · perceived · discerned · sighted · glimpsed · regarded · eyed · surveyed · inspected
testified
Declared under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- affidavitSworn written statement
statement · corroborated · attested · vouched · declared · verified · confirmed · account · evidence · oath
signed
Wrote one's name on
- notarizedOfficially certified authentic
- attestedFormally verified as true
- certifiedOfficially declared valid
authenticated · countersigned · executed · validated · document · contract · will · deed · affixed · legal
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
theft · incident · attack · violence · shooting · hit-and-run · burglary · homicide · arson · kidnapping
- evidentialshearsay, inferential, firsthand, secondhand, direct evidence
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- examinedobserved, watched, inspected, studied, surveyed
- documentedfilmed, photographed, recorded, written, logged
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
- signaturesautograph, John Hancock, initials, mark, flourish
witnessedmissed
Failed to reach
unwitnessed · unseen · unobserved · ignored · overlooked
witnesseddenied
Refused or disavowed
refuted · disputed · contradicted · disavowed · rejected
witnessedparticipated
Took an active role
took part · perpetrated · caused · instigated · committed
- witness intimidationThreatening courtroom testifiers
- bear witnessGive evidence formally
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- witness protectionHiding those who testified
- bearing witnessObserving and later attesting
- eye witnessPerson who saw something
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