attest
verb/əˈtest/
/əˈtest/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they attest | /əˈtest/ /əˈtest/ |
| he / she / it attests | /əˈtests/ /əˈtests/ |
| past simple attested | /əˈtestɪd/ /əˈtestɪd/ |
| past participle attested | /əˈtestɪd/ /əˈtestɪd/ |
| -ing form attesting | /əˈtestɪŋ/ /əˈtestɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to show or prove that something is true synonym bear/give witness
- attest to something Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination.
- attest (that…) Documents attest that there was a school attached to the abbey from 1125.
- She is, as countless stories about her attest, deeply religious.
- attest something Both public documents and private testimonies attest this fact.
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- [transitive] to state that you believe that something is true or what somebody claims it is, for example in court
- attest something to attest a will
- The signature was attested by two witnesses.
- attest that… I can attest that this treatment really works.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French attester, from Latin attestari, from ad- ‘to’ + testari ‘to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’).
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