MEANING
1. To state or affirm that something is true, especially in a formal statement or as a witness.
2. To serve as evidence of a fact, quality, or condition.
3. To certify or authenticate a document by signing or formally witnessing it.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- attest to the facts
- attest that
- personally attest
On the page
The witness attested that the gate had been locked.
I can attest to the care she took with the records.
Both observers attested that the procedure was followed.
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Word forms
- Base
- attest
- Past tense
- attested
- Past participle
- attested
- Present participle
- attesting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- attest
- Present continuous
- am/is/are attesting
- Present perfect
- have/has attested
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been attesting
- Past
- attested
- Past continuous
- was/were attesting
- Past perfect
- had attested
- Past perfect continuous
- had been attesting
- Future
- will attest
- Future continuous
- will be attesting
- Future perfect
- will have attested
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been attesting
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Usage notes
Primary category: academic. Forms: attest; attests; attested; attested; attesting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: attests.
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