Attest
[ə'test] or [ə'tɛst]
Definition
(verb.) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; 'I attest this signature'.
(verb.) establish or verify the usage of; 'This word is not attested until 1993'.
(verb.) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; 'His high fever attested to his illness'; 'The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication'; 'This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness'.
Checker: Rosalind--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
(v. t.) To call to witness; to invoke.
(n.) Witness; testimony; attestation.
Typed by Anton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Witness, certify, endorse, confirm, ratify, corroborate, support, authenticate, seal, vouch for, bear out, set one's hand and seal to.[2]. Adjure, invoke, call to witness.[3]. Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, confess.
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vouch, aver, assert, certify, witness, vouch_for, affirm, testify, evidence,support, confirm, suggest, prove, involve, demonstrate, establish, imply,bespeak
ANT:Deny, controvert, contradict, contravene, disprove, disestablish, exclude,neutralize, upset, oppugn, refute
Checker: Ramona
Definition
v.t. to testify or bear witness to: to affirm by signature or oath: to give proof of to manifest: (obs.) to call to witness.—v.i. to bear witness.—n. (Shak.) witness testimony.—adjs. Attest′able Attest′ative.—ns. Attestā′tion act of attesting: administration of an oath; Attest′or Attest′er one who attests or vouches for.
Checked by Hillel
Examples
- If a laughing eye with a lively light, and a face bright with beaming and healthy energy, could attest that he was better, better he certainly was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We have had the vague consciousness of assisting at a great development whose evidences to-day on every hand attest its magnitude. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Did his languid air attest that he also was struck with contagion? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I can attest your fidelity, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The great variety of elaborate designs of delicate tracery in silk, rich patterns in brocades, and gorgeous figures in carpets, attest the value of Jacquard’s important step in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He sought her presence more and more, and at last with a frequency that attested it had become to him an indispensable stimulus. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This branch of industry has grown up entirely in the Nineteenth Century, and the activity in this field is attested by the 4,000 United States patents in this class. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I never attested any such document. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The growth subsequent to 1890 is well attested by the exports for 1899, which for mowers and reapers was $9,053,830, or more than four times what it was in 1890. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is duly executed and attested. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Savages now sometimes cross their dogs with wild canine animals, to improve the breed, and they formerly did so, as is attested by passages in Pliny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Their correspondence attests the intima te interchange of ideas and sentiments between these two men of genius, so different, yet with so much in common. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The result, which has never before been equaled in accuracy, sufficiently attests the remarkable proficiency in range-finding that modern engineers have developed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some lives _are_ thus blessed: it is God's will: it is the attesting trace and lingering evidence of Eden. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Millie