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wit noun

  /wɪt/
  • Humour, especially when clever or quick.
остроу́мие
  • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
остря́к
  • (now, _, usually, _, in the plural) Sanity.
ра́зум
  • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
  • The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
ум

witness noun

  /ˈwɪtnəs/ , /ˈwɪtnɪs/
  • (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
свиде́тель, очеви́дец, понято́й, понятой, свиде́тельница
  • (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
свиде́тель, очеви́дец, свиде́тельница
  • (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
  • (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
свиде́тельство

witness verb

  /ˈwɪtnəs/ , /ˈwɪtnɪs/
  • (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
быть [[свидетель|свиде́телем]]
  • (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
подтверди́ть, подтвержда́ть, свиде́тельствовать

wit verb

  /wɪt/
  • (ambitransitive, chiefly, archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
ве́дать, знать

witnessing noun

  • The act of bearing witness.
свиде́тельствование
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