attest
Meaning
- (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
- (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
- (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
- (transitive) To put under oath.
- (obsolete, transitive) To call to witness; to invoke.
Synonyms
bear witness of
make clear
register a letter
assert strongly
serve as proof of
declare
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈtɛst/
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor (“to witness to, bear witness”), from at-, combining form of ad (“to”) + testor (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”).
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