# attest
## English
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈtɛst/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Verb

attest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)
* (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
    When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.
** a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section III. The Providence of God.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection VII, page 25:[W]e have already ſeen many particular facts vvhich are recorded in holy vvrit, atteſted by particular Pagan Authors: […]
** 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 22 May 2019: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.
* (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
    You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
* (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
* (transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
    Her fine work attested her ability.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:O pardon : since a crooked Figure may / Attest in little place a Million, / And let us, Cyphers to this great Accompt, / On your imaginarie Forces worke.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
* (transitive) To put under oath.
* (transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke.
** 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.

#### Derived terms

* attestability
* attestable
* attestation
* attested
* attestive
* attestment
* coattest
* reattest
* unattestable

#### Translations

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### See also

* cite
* quote

### Further reading

* “attest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “attest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* T-state

## Dutch
### Etymology

Shortening of attestatie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈtɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: at‧test
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Noun

attest n (plural attesten, diminutive attestje n)
* certificate, document supporting an assertion

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: atés

### Anagrams

* tastte

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin attestatum.

### Noun

attest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attester, definite plural attestene)
* a certificate
* a testimonial

#### Derived terms

* dødsattest
* fødselsattest
* vielsesattest
* vigselsattest

### References

* “attest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin attestatum.

### Noun

attest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attestar, definite plural attestane)
* a certificate
* a testimonial

#### Derived terms

* dødsattest
* fødselsattest

### References

* “attest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Noun

attest c
* certification, authorization; certificate

#### Related terms

* attestera

### Further reading

* attest in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* testat