Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine: The date of the painting was attested by the appraiser.
- v. To certify by signature or oath: attest a will.
- v. To certify in an official capacity.
- v. To supply or be evidence of: Her fine work attests her ability. See Synonyms at indicate.
- v. To put under oath.
- v. To bear witness; give testimony: attested to their good faith.
- n. Archaic Attestation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bear witness to; certify; affirm to be true or genuine; declare the truth of in words or writing; especially, affirm in an official capacity: as, to attest the truth of a writing; to attest a copy of a document.
- To make evident; vouch for; give proof or evidence of; manifest.
- To call to witness; invoke as knowing or conscious.
- To put upon oath; swear in.
- To bear witness; make an attestation: with to: as, to attest to a statement or a document.
- n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [Now chiefly used at the end of a document, as introductory to the name of one authenticating it by his signature.]
Wiktionary
- v. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- v. To certify by signature or oath
- v. To certify in an official capacity.
- v. To supply or be evidence of
- v. To put under oath.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine.
- v. To give proof of; to manifest.
- v. Archaic To call to witness; to invoke.
- n. rare Witness; testimony; attestation.
WordNet 3.0
- v. give testimony in a court of law
- v. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- v. authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- v. establish or verify the usage of
Etymologies
- From Middle French attester, from Latin attestor ("to witness to, bear witness"), from at-, combining form of ad ("to") + testor ("to bear witness"), from testis ("a witness"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin attestārī : ad-, ad- + testārī, to be witness (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Winters can be treacherous and do a lot of damage to the pavement which, anyone driving that way can attest, is further damaged by all the semis travelling that way.”
“Roger Stone, the legendary dirty-trickster and apostle in the Church of Richard Nixon — seriously, the dude has a Nixon tattoo on his spine, whichI can personally attest is among the most painful places to be tattooed — is having some doubts about his role in electing George W. Bush president.”
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“Our garden, as those of you who have seen it can attest, is not large and is mainly covered in decking.”
“And this coming from a guy, as Eric can attest, is known at times for using language that could make a sailor blush.”
“The Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Serbian monasteries on the holy mountain attest to the Byzantine Empire's cultural diversity.”
“Cambridge is a beautiful University Town to which I can attest from a recent visit there and it has an atmosphere almost compelling one to become an academic.”
“The baptismal records in the archive of the Cathedral at that time written in Spanish attest that the late Mr. Thomy Lafon was born in this city on December 28th, 1810.”
“That so many of Jun Takahashi's clothes for his Undercover label attest to the sensibility of a born designer but are adamantly geared for the street is proof that Mr. Takahashi has struck an essential balance.”
“The sums which they paid for livery and seizin attest the greatness of their possessions; and several estates have remained in their family since the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.”
“Rayment makes great play of the fact that the weapon may have penetrated the Challenger's explosive reactive armour ERA yet, as many technical sites will attest, that is precisely what the RPG-29 was designed to do.”
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