ATTESTS

Verb

attests

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attest

Anagrams

• T-states, sattest, tastest

Source: Wiktionary


ATTEST

At"test", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting.] Etym: [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.]

1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. Addison.

2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.

3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. Dryden.

At*test", n.

Definition: Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.] The attest of eyes and ears. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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