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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr & vb n. {Attesting}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: attested adj 1: bearing the signature of a witness attesting to something's legality [syn: {attested to(p)}] 2: asserted as true under oath; "a statement attested by witnesses" [syn: {avowed}] 3: established as genuine [syn: {authenticated}, {documented}]
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