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1 definition 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.
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