"attest" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈtɛst/ Audio: en-us-attest.ogg [US] Forms: attests [present, singular, third-person], attesting [participle, present], attested [participle, past], attested [past]
Rhymes: -ɛst 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”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{bor|en|frm|attester}} Middle French attester, {{der|en|la|attestor||to witness to, bear witness}} Latin attestor (“to witness to, bear witness”), {{m|la|at-}} at-, {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|la|testor||to bear witness}} testor (“to bear witness”), {{m|la|testis||a witness}} testis (“a witness”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} attest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)
  1. (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. Tags: transitive Translations (to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine): dëshmoj (Albanian), vërteroj (Albanian), потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), заверявам (zaverjavam) (Bulgarian), удостоверявам (udostoverjavam) (Bulgarian), 证实 (zhèngshí) (Chinese), potvrdit (Czech), attesteren (Dutch), atesti (Esperanto), todentaa (Finnish), vahvistaa (Finnish), todistaa (Finnish), attestieren (German), beglaubigen (German), tanúsít (Hungarian), igazol (Hungarian), bizonyít (Hungarian), attestare (Italian), attestor (Latin), attestere (Norwegian Bokmål), atestar (Portuguese), atesta (Romanian), confirma (Romanian), adeveri (Romanian), подтвержда́ть (podtverždátʹ) (Russian), avalar (Spanish), atestiguar (Spanish), attestera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-7XdHywTk Disambiguation of 'to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine': 93 2 1 1 2 2
  2. (transitive) To certify by signature or oath. Tags: transitive Translations (to certify by signature or oath): vahvistaa (Finnish), todistaa (Finnish), tanúsít (Hungarian), compulsar [legal, law] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-DhPkc75z Disambiguation of 'to certify by signature or oath': 1 69 6 1 18 4
  3. (transitive) To certify in an official capacity. Tags: transitive Translations (to certify in an official capacity): vahvistaa (Finnish), hitelesít (Hungarian), atestować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-FiD2SxpN Disambiguation of 'to certify in an official capacity': 1 6 87 0 1 4
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to supply or be evidence of): osoittaa (Finnish), todistaa (Finnish), tanúsít (Hungarian), tanúskodik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-jgf31DRJ Disambiguation of 'to supply or be evidence of': 1 1 1 94 2 2
  5. (transitive) To put under oath. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-KZWll0vl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 3 2 71 6
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-attest-en-verb-Yq5AP2ne
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attestation, attested, attestment Related terms: cite, quote

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "1 69 6 1 18 4",
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          "sense": "to certify in an official capacity",
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      "expansion": "attest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cite"
    },
    {
      "word": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
          "text": "As the Wildlings can attest, there’s already new life even north of the wall, poking up through the ice. Winter only lasts so long.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To certify by signature or oath."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "certify",
          "certify"
        ],
        [
          "signature",
          "signature"
        ],
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To certify by signature or oath."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To certify in an official capacity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To certify in an official capacity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her fine work attested her ability.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To supply or be evidence of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put under oath."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put under oath."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To call to witness; to invoke."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈtɛst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛst"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-attest.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/En-us-attest.ogg/En-us-attest.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-us-attest.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "dëshmoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "vërteroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "potvǎrždavam",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "потвърждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaverjavam",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "заверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udostoverjavam",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "удостоверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zhèngshí",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "证实"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "potvrdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attesteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "atesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "todentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "todistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attestieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "beglaubigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "tanúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "igazol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "bizonyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attestere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "atestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "atesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "confirma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "adeveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podtverždátʹ",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "подтвержда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "avalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "atestiguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine",
      "word": "attestera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to certify by signature or oath",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to certify by signature or oath",
      "word": "todistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to certify by signature or oath",
      "word": "tanúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "referring to documents"
      ],
      "sense": "to certify by signature or oath",
      "topics": [
        "legal",
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "compulsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to certify in an official capacity",
      "word": "vahvistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to certify in an official capacity",
      "word": "hitelesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to certify in an official capacity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "atestować"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply or be evidence of",
      "word": "osoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply or be evidence of",
      "word": "todistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to supply or be evidence of",
      "word": "tanúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to supply or be evidence of",
      "word": "tanúskodik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attest"
}

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