Attest

Definition: Attest

Attest

Verb

1. Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication".

2. Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature".

3. Give testimony in a court of law.

4. Establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "attest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Finance

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Synonyms: Attest

Affirmation

Announce; (information); acknowledge; (assent); attest; (evidence); adjure; (put to one's oath).

Compact

Make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal; (attest); indent.

Evidence

Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent).

Adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses.

Indication

Sign, seal, attest; (evidence); underline; (give importance to); call attention to; (attention); give notice; (inform).

Promise

Assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant; attest; (bear witness).

Crosswords: Attest

Danish (certificate, testimony), Dutch (certificate, testimony), Frisian (certificate, testimony), German (certificate, testimony), Norwegian (certificate), Swedish (attestation, certificate, testimony).

Books

• Comparing Attest and Management Advisory Services/Management Advisory Services No 048564 (reference)

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Health

Numerous references in art, literature and monuments attest to the horrors and devastation of past plague epidemics. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

The growing demand for new products and services attest that there is plenty of room for new players and many opportunities for U.S. companies. (references)

Hong Kong

High life expectancy, literacy, per capita income, and other socioeconomic measures attest to Hong Kong's achievements over the last four decades. (references)

Syria

However, in 1978, the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade issued a decision permitting U.S. companies to submit a "positive statement" to attest that goods and their components are 100-percent made in the U.S. This allowed bidders to avoid having to certify that their products were not produced in Israel, language that violates U.S. anti-Boycott compliance law. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

However, the era of government appointed "sole administrators" of unions is now over, and the labor movement is increasingly active and vocal on issues seen to attest the plight of the common worker, such as deregulation, privatization, and the government's failure to advance its poverty alleviation program. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "attest": attest function ♦ attest notarially ♦ attest to. Additional references.

Albanian

vërtetoj (acknowledge, authenticate, avouch, certify, confirm, confirm a piece of news, corroborate, demonstrate, document, doom, endorse, establish, evince, indorse, justify, make certain, make good, prove, validate, verify), provoj (assay, demonstrate, deprive, essay, establish, experience, fit on, make good, manifest, presume, pretend, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, suffer, taste, test, try, try on, try out, validate, venture, witness), deklaroj (claim, declare, lay down, proclaim, profess, pronounce), dëshmoj për. (various references)

Arabic 

‏حلف شخص اليمين, ‏صدق (accept, approve, assent, believe, certify, confirm, credit, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okay, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity, verity), ‏أعلن صحة, ‏شهد على (certify). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удостоверявам валидността на, удостоверявам достоверността на, свидетелствувам (speak to, testify, vouch, witness), заклевам (adjure, swear, swear in), заверявам (authentication, witness). (various references)

Chinese 

证实 (Attested, Attesting, Authenticate, authenticated, Authenticating, Confirm, confirmed, Confirming, substantiate, substantiated, substantiating, substantiation). (various references)

Czech

ovìřit (authenticate, certify, check, check up, prove), osvìdèit (evince), legalizovat (authenticate, legalize, validate). (various references)

Danish

revisionspåtegning (attest function, certifying of accounts). (various references)

Dutch

getuigen (bear witness of, testify), certificeren (bear witness of, testify). (various references)

Esperanto

atesti (bear witness of, testify). (various references)

Faeroese

vátta (acknowledge, admit, assert, bear witness of, confess, confirm, corroborate, profess, state, testify). (various references)

Farsi 

گواهی دادن(باto), تصدیق امضاء کردن , سوگندیادکردن , شهادت دادن (Affirm, Evidence, Testify, Voucher). (various references)

Finnish

todistaa (bear witness, bear witness of, demonstrate, give evidence, prove, testify, witness). (various references)

French

attester, témoigner, démontrer. (various references)

German

bescheinigen (acknowledge, bear witness of, certifies, certify, confirm, confirm in writing, give a receipt for, receipt, testify, to attest, to certificate, to certify), bezeugen (attest to, bear witness of, testified, testify, to testify, to witness, vouch, witness), beglaubigen (accredit, authenticate, bear witness of, certify, legalize, notarize, testify, to accredit, to notarize, verify, witness). (various references)

Greek 

πιστοποιώ (authenticate, aver, certify). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקים (affirm, conform, fulfill, keep, maintain, sustain), לאמת (ascertain, authenticate, corroborate, prove true, substantiate, validate, verify), ל�"עי�" (affirm, aver, bear witness, give evidence, testify, vouch, warn, witness). (various references)

Hungarian

tanúsít (authenticate, certify, depose, testify, to attest, to depose, to evidence, to evince, to give evidence of sg, to manifest, to vouch, vouch, witness), kezeskedik (avouch, guarantee, to answer for, to sponsor, to surety, to vouch for, to warrant), bizonyít (aver, demonstrate, evidence, evince, prove, testify, to argufy, to attest, to aver, to confirm, to demonstrate, to evidence, to evince, to infer, to make good, to prove, to purport, to set out, to substantiate). (various references)

Indonesian

memperlihatkan (bare, bespeale, disclose), membuktikan (argue, manifest, prove). (various references)

Italian

attestare (certify, testify, vouch), testimoniare (depose, record, sire, testify, witness, witnesses). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"言 (attestation, vow or oath), アッ�"ア街�" (adenoid, Adenovirus, Adidas, appendicitis, Appian Way, Apple, apple pie, applique, Athens, attention, attention value, carton, dubbing, goodbye, style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation, up, up down, up style, up sweep, up to date, update, upload, upright, upright piano). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せい�'�" (attestation, limitation, restraint, restriction, sine, vow or oath), アテスト . (various references)

Korean 

증명하십시�" (Certify). (various references)

Manx

ymmyrkey feanish (depose), jarrooaghey (attestation, certify, certifying, verify), cur fo loo (adjure, attestation). (various references)

Papiamen

testiguá (bear witness of, testify). (various references)

Pig Latin

attestay

Portuguese

atestar (certificate, certify, replenish, show, stuff, testify, vouch, warrant), atestado (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, certificate, docket, testimonial, testimony, verification), provar (argue, attempt, deraign, evidence, evince, fit on, make out, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, taste, test, testify, to try, try, try on, try out), depoimento (brief, declaration, evidence, proclamation, statement, testimony), certificar (acknowledge, authenticate, certificate, confirm, docket, indent, state, testify, warrant), certificado (certification, floater, indenture, script, testimonial, testimony, warrant). (various references)

Romanian

atesta (certify, confirm, testify into, witness), adeveri (acknowledge, avouch, certify, confirm, corroborate, fortify, justify, seal, substantiate, test, testify, verify, vouch, warrant, witness), legaliza (authenticate, certify, legalise, legalize, prove), dovedi (accomplish, argue, authenticate, aver, confirm, demonstrate, educe, establish, evidence, evince, furnish evidence of, make good, make out, manifest, overbear, prove, show, substantiate, verify, witness), certifica (acknowledge, authenticate, certify, legalise, legalize, witness). (various references)

Russian 

удостоверять (authenticate, bear witness, certificate, certify, prove, verify), свидетельствовать (bear testimony, bear witness, certificate, evidence, give evidence, record, testified, testify, witnessed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

atestirati, svedočiti (testify), potvrditi (acknowledge, affirm, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, sanction, substantiate, validate, verify), dokazati (authenticate, demonstrate, prove, ram, vindicate). (various references)

Spanish

atestiguar (bear witness, certify, depose, testify, vouch, witness), legalizar (authenticate, legalise, legalize, probate), juramentar (adjure, swear in), dar testimonio (testimonialize, witness), dar fe (testify). (various references)

Swedish

intyga (certify, testifies, testify), attestera (bear witness of, certify, testify). (various references)

Thai

พิสูจน์ว่าจริง, ทำให้ชั�"เจน (clear). (various references)

Turkish

yemin ettirmek (administer an oath, administer an oath to smb., put smb. on his oath, put smb. to his oath, swear, swear smb. to, tender an oath to smb.), onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), kanıtlamak (attest to, aver, be contented with, certify, demonstrate, document, establish, evidence, make smth. stick, prove, shore, show, stamp, stand, substantiate, support, verify), ispat etmek (demonstrate, prove), iddia etmek (affirm, allege, argue, argue for smth., assert, asseverate, aver, claim, contend, declare oneself, enunciate, press home, profess, protest, purport, put forth, put forward), doğrulamak (affirm, avouch, bear out, certify, confirm, correct, corroborate, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, sustain, testify, verify, vouch), beyan etmek (affirm, asseverate, avow, be declaratory of, declare, manifest, predicate, proclaim, return). (various references)

Ukrainian

свідчення (attestation, evidence, showing, statement, vouch, warrant, witness), свідчити (argue, bear testimony, bear witness, depone, evidence, evince, give witness, homologate, militate, proclaim, reveal, swear, tell, testate, testify, witness), засвідчувати (authenticate, bear witness, certificate, certify, prove, witness), зараховувати на військову службу, підтверджувати (acknowledge, affirm, approve, avouch, avow, bear out, carry, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, verify, vouch), підпис, що засвідчу�" щось, приводити до присяги (adjure), доказ (argument, authority, averment, clue, confirmation, document, eviction, evidence, probate, proof, substantiation, testimony, witness). (various references)

Welsh

ardystio (endorse, pledge), tystio (testify, witness), gwirio (affirm, aver, avouch, verify). (various references)

attestari, conprobati, conprobatum, conprobent. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "attest": attestation, attestations, attested, attester, attesters, attesting, attestor, attestors, attests. (additional references)

Words ending with "attest": coattest, fattest, flattest, squattest, wattest. (additional references)

Words containing "attest": coattested, coattesting, coattests, unattested. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Attest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: altsech, artest, atemt, ates, atest, attemt, attent, attese, Attitb, atwest, autist, autotest, Cattersty, Cattesty, ttest. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: state, taste, tates, teats, testa.

-2 letters: ates, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta, sett, stat, stet, tate, tats, teas, teat, test, tets.

-3 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, sae, sat, sea, set, tae, tas, tat, tea, tet.

-4 letters: ae, as, at, es, et, ta.

+1 letter: attests, etatist, fattest, statute, stretta, tartest, tatters, tatties, tattles, tautest, testate, wattest.

+2 letters: attempts, attested, attester, attestor, battiest, cattiest, coattest, fattiest, flattest, nattiest, outstate, rattiest, statutes, steatite, strettas, tartlets, tastiest, tattiest, tattlers, testates, testator, titrates, tristate, twattles.

+3 letters: antistate, attesters, attesting, attestors, attitudes, betatters, brattiest, chattiest, coattests, gnattiest, intestate, outstated, outstates, sagittate, scattiest, squattest, statement, statuette, steatites, steatitic, straitest, tartrates, tattiness, tattooers, teetotals, terawatts, testament, testators, testatrix, titanates, titanites, titivates, toastiest, tractates, tungstate.