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examine
English
Alternative forms
- examin (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin ex?min?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zæm?n/
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ine
Verb
examine (third-person singular simple present examines, present participle examining, simple past and past participle examined)
- to observe or inspect carefully or critically
- to check the health or condition of something or someone
- to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
- to interrogate
Synonyms
- pore over, undersee
Hyponyms
- cross examine
- re-examine
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- look at
French
Verb
examine
- first-person singular present indicative of examiner
- third-person singular present indicative of examiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- second-person singular imperative of examiner
Latin
Noun
ex?mine
- ablative singular of ex?men
Portuguese
Verb
examine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of examinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of examinar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?sa?mine/, [e??.sa?mi.ne]
Verb
examine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of examinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of examinar.
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witness
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) witnesse
Etymology
From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ?ewitnes, equivalent to wit +? -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?tn?s/, /?w?tn?s/
- Rhymes: -?tn?s, -?tn?s
- Hyphenation: wit?ness
Noun
witness (countable and uncountable, plural witnesses)
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Scene ii[1]:
- May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
- c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, Scene ii[7]:
- […] thyself art witness— I am betrothed.
- c. 1786, Robert Hall, A Reverie
- Upon my looking round, I was a witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
witness (third-person singular simple present witnesses, present participle witnessing, simple past and past participle witnessed)
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- 1667: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 ll. 56-7
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- He witnessed the accident.
- 1801, Robert Hall, On Modern Infidelity
- This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we be so unfortunate as ever to witness the triumph of modern infidelity
- 1803 (first published), John Marshall, The Life of George Washington
- General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
- 1998, "Niebuhr, Reinhold", Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, volume 6, page 842
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- to witness a bond or a deed
Synonyms
- certify
Translations
Anagrams
- wisents
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