attest
/əˈtɛst/
attest verb: to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
Verb
attest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)
- To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
- Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.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...
- To certify by signature or oath.
- You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
- To certify in an official capacity.
- To supply or be evidence of.
- Her fine work attested her ability.
- 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.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...
- To put under oath.
- To call to witness; to invoke.
- The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.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
attest meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
attest in Tamil
- சான்றொப்பமிடு, சான்றொப்பம், சான்று கூறு, கையெழுத்திட்டு உறுதியளி
attest in Urdu
- شہادت دینا, تصدیق کرنا
attest in Bengali
- সাক্ষ্য দেওয়া, প্রমাণ করা, সত্যায়িত করা
attest in Malayalam
- certify, confirm, corroborate
- സാക്ഷ്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, സാക്ഷിപറയുക, സാക്ഷീകരിക്കുക, തെളിവുകൊടുക്കുക, ഉറപ്പിക്കുക, സാക്ഷിയായി തെളിവു കൊടുക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- attest in Kannada
- ನನ್ನಿಯೆನ್ನು, ಸರಿಯೆನ್ನು
- attest in Arabic
- وَثَّقَ waṯṯaqa
Examples of attest in a sentence
- [W]e have already ſeen many particular facts vvhich are recorded in holy vvrit, atteſted by particular Pagan Authors: […]a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section III. The Providence of God.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […]...
- As the Wildlings can attest, there’s already new life even north of the wall, poking up through the ice.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club...
- VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill....
Forms of attest
| third-person singular present | attests |
|---|---|
| present participle | attesting |
| past participle | attested |
| past | attested |
Origin of attest
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”).
Words formed from attest
Words that rhyme with attest
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
- unstressed
Questions about attest
- What does attest mean?
- Attest means to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- What is attest in Tamil?
- Attest in Tamil is சான்றொப்பமிடு, சான்றொப்பம், சான்று கூறு. See Attest meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use attest in a sentence?
- [W]e have already ſeen many particular facts vvhich are recorded in holy vvrit, atteſted by particular Pagan Authors: […]
- What part of speech is attest?
- Attest is a verb.
- How do you pronounce attest?
- Attest is pronounced /əˈtɛst/.
- What is the past tense of attest?
- The past tense of attest is attested.
Words near attest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attest (page history and authors); attest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attest (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attest (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); attest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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