Crossword clues for attest
attest
- Evidence when watching big game in person?
- Affirm correctness of a primarily tough examination
- Affirm the truth of
- Witness a time trial
- Where cricket fans may be seen to demonstrate
- Support given to artist losing heart over trial
- Provide evidence for a tutor’s first examination
- Provide evidence for
- Take an oath
- Declare to be true
- Tell it to the judge
- Swear up and down
- Declare under oath
- Give testimony to
- Speak to
- Affirm to be true
- Say under oath
- Give credence (to)
- Formally certify
- Be a witness
- Lend credence (to)
- Give proof of
- Declare true, with "to"
- Declare to be so
- Declare to be genuine
- Countersign, e.g
- Confirm to be true
- Certify to be true
- Certify on oath
- Certify formally, with "to"
- Be proof of
- Corroborate
- Swear (to)
- Bear witness to
- Certify by oath
- Certify, with "to"
- Swear to be true
- Validate
- Affirm, with "to"
- Certify (to)
- Warrant, with "to"
- Bear witness (to)
- Vouch for
- Depose
- Countersign, e.g.
- Give one's word
- Say under oath, with "to"
- Demonstrate
- Perform a court duty
- Verify
- Affirm as true
- Testify
- Be a witness to
- State on the stand
- Authenticate officially
- Depone
- Give sworn evidence
- Make evident
- Confirm you might find cricket lover here?
- Confirm most obese female is to leave
- Certify where cricket enthusiasts may be?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.]
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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. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
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To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.
--Dryden.
Attest \At*test"\, n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.]
The attest of eyes and ears.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. 2 To certify by signature or oath 3 To certify in an official capacity. 4 To supply or be evidence of 5 To put under oath. 6 To call to witness; to invoke.
WordNet
v. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence]
authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature"
give testimony in a court of law [syn: testify, take the stand, bear witness]
establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993"
Usage examples of "attest".
The cruel treatment of the insolvent debtors of the state, is attested, and was perhaps mitigated by a very humane edict of Constantine, who, disclaiming the use of racks and of scourges, allots a spacious and airy prison for the place of their confinement.
The most extravagant legends, as they conduced to the honor of the church, were applauded by the credulous multitude, countenanced by the power of the clergy, and attested by the suspicious evidence of ecclesiastical history.
Tears streamed unchecked down her face, attesting to her shame and distress.
Hearty guffaws accompanied his statement, attesting to the skepticism of his brothers, who commenced to argue among themselves.
Just as quickly, there arose a low drone of murmuring comments attesting to their admiration.
Without prompting, the bartender served Sivrak his regular order-a mug of crushed Gilden, organ tendrils still writhing, attesting to their freshness.
The many glory-garlands weave, Whose presence not our sight attests Till wonder with the splendour blent, And passion for the beauty flown, Make evanescence permanent, The thing at heart our endless own.
Such reports should be attested under oath by each individual experimenter, exactly as the officers of a bank are required by law to make reports regarding its financial standing.
Yet we possess fragments in Lactantius, Augustine, Macarius Magnes and others, which attest how thoroughly Porphyry studied the Christian writings and how great his faculty was for true historical criticism.
Holy Skiros attest that our Faith was in very, very ancient days, an outgrowth of theirs.
England down through the fifteenth century, as many other Shakespearean plays attest.
The only exception is a portrait of one of the Scarrognini family which is seen on the right-hand wall above the door, the fact of the portraiture being attested by a barbarous scrawl upon the fresco itself.
She stood at his side while he fed the printout of the Protea report into the paper-shredder and then countersigned the entry in his daybook to attest to the destruction.
Long hair will grow back if you cut it, long nails if you file them, and your maidenly badge of honor will redevelop even if you have it surgically removed, which is a treat I can attest to personally.
Gap, attesting to his apprehension of Trey in the act of shoplifting last June.