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attests

/əˈtɛsts/

attests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of attest.

Meaning of attest

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.
    • When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
  2. (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
    • You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
  3. (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
  4. (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
    • Her fine work attested her ability.
  5. (transitive) To put under oath.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) 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

Words that rhyme with attests

Questions about attests

What is attests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Attests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of attest.
How do you pronounce attests?
Attests is pronounced /əˈtɛsts/.

Words near attests in the dictionary

  1. attestive
  2. attestment
  3. attestments
  4. attestor
  5. attestors
  6. attests
  7. Atthadassi
  8. Atthill
  9. Attia
  10. Attias
  11. attic

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