attestation.

1. The act or record of witnessing, affirming or certifying a statement, event or document.

2. A documented occurrence of a word or linguistic form that supplies evidence of its use.

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Words that belong together

• signed attestation
• attestation of a fact

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The signed attestation recorded what the witness affirmed at the time.

Attestation of a fact was compared with independent records before the inquiry accepted the conclusion.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Singular attestation; plural attestations. Also uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: counterevidence assessment, argument critique, qualified assertion, formal disagreement. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, social analysis. Commonness: moderately common.