Attested

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness:
     cf. F. attester.]
     1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or
        genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of
        record.


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              Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra
        attest its ancient magnificence.
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     3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
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              The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state
              Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attested
       adj : established as genuine [syn: {authenticated}, {documented}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "attested":
     actual, affirmed, alleged, announced, ascertained, asserted,
     asseverated, assured, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed,
     borne out, categorically true, certain, certified,
     circumstantiated, confirmed, corroborated, decided, declared,
     demonstrated, deposed, determinate, determined, documentary,
     effectual, enunciated, established, factual, fixed, guaranteed,
     historical, in the bag, made sure, manifestoed, nailed down,
     not in error, objectively true, on ice, open-and-shut, pledged,
     predicated, professed, pronounced, proved, proven, real, secure,
     set, settled, shown, stated, substantiated, sure-enough, sworn,
     sworn to, tested, tried, true, true as gospel, truthful,
     unconfuted, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious,
     unfalse, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefuted, validated,
     veracious, verified, veritable, vouched, vouched for, vowed,
     warranted