Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

    When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?

    attestieren, beglaubigen

    подтвержда́тьpodtverždátʹ

    authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity

  2. (transitive)To certify by signature or oath.

    You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.

  3. (transitive)To certify in an official capacity.

  4. (ambitransitive)To supply or be evidence of.

    Her fine work attested her ability.

  5. (transitive)To put under oath.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To call to witness; to invoke.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. I can attest to his innocence.

    ruЯ могу подтвердить его невиновность.

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  2. I can attest to everything she just said.

    ruЯ могу подтвердить всё, что она только что сказала.

    deIch kann alles bezeugen, was sie gerade gesagt hat.

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  3. The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.

    ruОтпечатки пальцев на ноже свидетельствуют о её вине.

    deDie Fingerabdrücke auf dem Messer haben sie überführt.

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  4. I will attest that I did not hear that.

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  5. His success attest his diligence.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine:

Forms

attests, attesting, attested, attested
Base formattest · to attest
3rd person singularattests
Present participleattesting
Past simpleattested
Past participleattested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyattest
he, she, itattests

Past simpleLesson

all personsattested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave attested
he, she, ithas attested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill attest

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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