bear+witness
11bear witness to something — formal phrase to show that something exists or existed Bristol’s grand buildings bear witness to the city’s magnificent past. Thesaurus: to show or agree that something is truesynonym Main entry: witness …
12bear witness to something — bear testimony/witness to (something) formal if something bears testimony to a fact, it proves that it is true. The numerous awards on his walls bear witness to his great success …
13bear witness to something — bear witness to (something) to show by your existence that something is true. The survivors of this disaster bear witness to a terrible event we would like to forget …
14bear witness (or testimony) to — testify to. → bear …
15bear witness against — index betray (disclose), denounce (inform against), inform (betray) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16bear witness to something — formal to show that something exists or existed Bristol s grand buildings bear witness to the city s magnificent past …
17bear witness — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, depone, depose, disclose, give evidence, swear, testify, vouch, warrant, witness …
18bear witness — give testimony, act as a witness in a trial …
19bear witness — formal 1) to show signs that prove that something happened or was true This landscape bears silent witness to one of the greatest tragedies in history. 2) to speak or write about what you have seen, especially as evidence that something is true …
20bear witness (to something) — bear/give ˈwitness (to sth) idiom to provide evidence of the truth of sth • The crowd of mourners at his funeral bore witness to the great affection in which he was held. Main entry: ↑witnessidiom …
