witness
     n 1: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: {witnesser},
           {informant}]
     2: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an
        exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the
        performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers
        discovered a new star" [syn: {spectator}, {viewer}, {watcher},
         {looker}]
     3: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
     4: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document
        or signature by adding their own signature [syn: {attestant},
         {attestor}, {attestator}]
     5: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
     v 1: be a witness to
     2: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
        winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in
        this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the
        rebellion of the younger generation against established
        traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: {find}, {see}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0