attested; attesting; attests
1
a
: to affirm to be true or genuine
specifically
: to authenticate by signing as a witness
b
: to authenticate officially
2
: to establish or verify the usage of
a word that was first attested in the 18th century
3
: to be proof of : manifest
Her record attests her integrity.
4
: to put on oath
: to show, prove, or state that something is true or real
—usually used with to
I can attest to the truth of his statement.
attest to a belief
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Examples of attest in a Sentence
I can attest that what he has said is true.
The certificate attests the authenticity of the painting.
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Low graduation rates attest to the maintenance of those standards.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
By the time the Lakers defeated the Pacers for the championship, players attested the games felt certifiably intense.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
Barish also discovered that the organization Open House NY, where Han Lo had claimed to be executive director of a Los Angeles division in order to make his way into the Colonial — going as far as to build a website, now apparently deleted, attesting to his job there — had never heard of him.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
As anyone who has ever played in the rain can attest, everything about the ball feels differently as the leather gets wet.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
By the time the Lakers defeated the Pacers for the championship, players attested the games felt certifiably intense.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
Barish also discovered that the organization Open House NY, where Han Lo had claimed to be executive director of a Los Angeles division in order to make his way into the Colonial — going as far as to build a website, now apparently deleted, attesting to his job there — had never heard of him.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
As anyone who has ever played in the rain can attest, everything about the ball feels differently as the leather gets wet.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Attest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attest. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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attest
verb
at·test
ə-ˈtest 
1
: to affirm to be true
2
: to be proof of
the result attests the truth of that statement
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