At-tĕst',1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ATTESTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ATTESTING.] [Fr. attester, Lat. attestari, from ad and testari, to bear witness, from testis, witness.]
Sense 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing; to attest a copy of record.
Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. Addison.
Sense 2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence.
Sense 3. To call to witness; to invoke as conscious.
*The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. Dryden.*