witness (v.) Copy link Outline I. To attest1. testor, 12. attestor, 13. testĭfĭcor, 1II. To see, behold, observe • witness (v.): I. To attest: 1. testor, 1: I confess, you may w., Quirites, set your seal thereto, confiteor, testere licet, signate Quirites, Ov. Pont. 4, 15, 11: that the matter might be better w.'d to by the eyes of many, ut res multorum oculis esset testatior, Cic. Coel. 27, 64. 2. attestor, 1: a short fable of Aesop w.s this, hoc attestatur brevis Aesopi fabula, Phaedr. 1, 10, 3. 3. testĭfĭcor, 1: you w. what I have at any time said or written, testificaris quid dixerim aliquando aut scripserim, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33. The Latin verbs are more used in the general sense to protest, aver; for the strictly legal sense some phrase with testis, testimonium seems preferred. II. To see, behold, observe: v. to see, to behold, to observe.