Lexic.us

Definition of Attest

1. Verb. Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. "They attest that there was a traffic accident "; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"

2. Verb. Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity. "I attest this signature"

3. Verb. Give testimony in a court of law. "They attest that there was a traffic accident "

4. Verb. Establish or verify the usage of. ; "This word is not attested until 1993"

Definition of Attest

1. v. t. 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.

2. n. Witness; testimony; attestation.

Definition of Attest

1. Verb. To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. ¹

2. Verb. To certify by signature or oath ¹

3. Verb. To certify in an official capacity. ¹

4. Verb. To supply or be evidence of ¹

5. Verb. To put under oath. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attest

1. to affirm to be true or genuine [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attest

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attern atterration atterrations atters attery attest (current term) attestabilities attestability attestable attestably

attestant attestants attestation attestation report attestation service attestations attestative attestator attested attestedly

Literary usage of Attest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... name was written as attesting witness, the testator having desired the two to attest ; this was held a sufficient attestation under the Wills *Act (и). ..."

2. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Peake (1822)
"... but where a will is written wholly by the tes- Though the witnesses need not, according to the foregoing cases, all attest at the same time, ..."

3. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"LOMBARDY, 1859 The Congregation and the Municipality of Milan attest the Unanimous Desire of the Population to Renew the Pact of 1848. June 5, 1859 l SIRE ! ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 by George Smith, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1897)
"He was a fine conductor, and his abundant notes to the Norwich festival programmes he conducted (now in the British Museum) attest his scrupulous care. ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"These objects came from our soil ; they iir first ancestors and attest the truth I have just stated. oportion as man progresses, he is not content simply to ..."

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