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==Origins==
 
==Origins==
OE. witnes, more freq. ewitnes, f. (e)wit WIT n., IWIT + -nes -NESS. Cf. OHG. giwinessi, MDu. wetenisse. The passage in sense from abstract to concrete is paralleled in F. témoin (:L. testimonium). The uninflected pl. was frequent in early use; for separate illustration see sense 4.
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*Date: 14th century
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OE. witnes, more freq. ewitnes, f. (e)wit WIT n., IWIT + -nes -NESS. Cf. OHG. giwinessi, MDu. wetenisse. The passage in [[sense]] from abstract to concrete is paralleled in F. témoin (:L. testimonium). The uninflected pl. was frequent in early use; for separate illustration
 
===Definitions==
 
===Definitions==
 
1. The [[action]] of bearing witness or giving testimony. in witnessing of, as a witness to; to bear witnessing, to bear witness.
 
1. The [[action]] of bearing witness or giving testimony. in witnessing of, as a witness to; to bear witnessing, to bear witness.

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