witness

witness
'witnəs 1. noun
1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) vitne
2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) vitne
3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) bevitnelse, vitne(underskrift)
2. verb
1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) være vitne til, overvære
2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) bevitne, overvære som vitne
- bear witness
vitne
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subst. \/ˈwɪtnəs\/
1) (også jus) (øyen)vitne
they call witnesses to court proceedings
de fører vitner til rettsforhandlingene
2) (jus) vitterlighetsvitne
I'm witness of the signature
jeg er signaturens vitterlighetsvitne
3) (religion, jus) vitnesbyrd, vitneprov, vitneutsagn
4) tegn, bevis
adverse witness (jus) forklaring: vitne som er fiendtlig innstilt mot den part som fører ham
auricular witness ørevitne
bear witness vitne
bear witness to\/of bære vitnesbyrd om, vitne om, tjene som bevis på
the test bears witness to the quality of this new car
testen vitner om kvaliteten på denne nye bilen bevitne, attestere
I can bear witness to its authenticity
jeg kan bevitne dens ekthet
before witnesses i vitners nærvær
be (a) witness of være vitne til, bevitne
be (a) witness to være vitne til, bevitne vitne om, (be)vise
call a witness (jus) føre vitne
call somebody as a witness (jus) føre noen som vitne
call someone or something to witness (gammeldags) forklaring: appellere eller referere til noen eller noe for bekreftelse eller bevis på noe
give witness vitne
have a witness to something ha vitne på noe
hear witnesses (jus) avhøre vitner høre på erklæringer, høre på vitnesbyrd
in witness of som et vitnesbyrd på, som (et) bevis på
with a witness (gammeldags) med ettertrykk, for alvor
a Witness (religion) et medlem av Jehovas vitner
II
verb \/ˈwɪtnəs\/
1) være vitne til, overvære, oppleve
did you witness the accident?
var du vitne til ulykken?
he did not live to witness ...
han fikk aldri oppleve\/være med på ...
2) bære vitnesbyrd om, vitne om, vise
her face witnessed the agitation she felt
ansiktet hennes vitnet om uroen hun følte
3) (jus) bevitne, underskrive som vitterlighetsvitne
we witnessed her signature on the document
vi bevitnet underskriften hennes på dokumentet
4) (jus) vitne, være vitne, avlegge vitneprov
5) (om tid eller sted for en hendelse) se, oppleve, bevitne
the past few years have witnessed great social changes in Eastern Europe
de siste årene har vi sett store sosiale endringer i Øst-Europa
the town has witnessed many important events
byen har opplevd mange viktige hendelser
6) om det vitner, om det taler
he is honest and unselfish, witness his generosity
han er ærlig og uselvisk, det er hans sjenerøsitet et bevis på
witnessed (på dokument e.l.) bevitnes, bevitnet
witness to (jus) bevitne, attestere forsikre, bekrefte, forklare
he witnessed to having seen the accused
han bekreftet at han hadde sett tiltalte bære vitnesbyrd om
his novels vitness to his knowledge of human nature
romanene hans bærer vitnesbyrd om hans innsikt i den menneskelige natur
Martina chose to go to the square to witness to Jesus
Martina valgte å dra til plassen for å bære vitnesbyrd om Jesus

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