Attesting

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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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