Attested
[ə'testid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Attest
Editor: Samantha
Examples
- 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.
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