Support and Witness

Support

Support verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.

Usage example: new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions

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Witness and support are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Witness" instead the word "Support" as a verb or a noun.

Witness verb - To declare (something) to be true or genuine.

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Support and witness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Support" instead the word "Witness" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: witnessed, witnessing

material	material support	material witness
direct	direct support	direct witness
poor	poor support	poor witness
main	main support	main witness
Other adjectives: personal, new, possible, less, third-party.

The Joes didn't have much to do but bear witness to events though Serpentor's faction had bought their support from corrupt elements within the Pentagon.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Comic Books
If no evidence could be found to support a claim or the plantiff was found to be using false witness, the plantiff could be executed.

Source: Frivolous Lawsuit
Clouds of Witness: Denver had been able to dismiss Goyles because he couldn't support Mary or any other wife, and while he would have been willing to live on Mary's money, she doesn't get it without her brother's approval of the match.

Source: Unable to Support a Wife

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