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Attesting
(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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ATTESTING WITNESS
(bouvier) | ATTESTING WITNESS. One who, upon being required by the parties to an
instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of
identification.
2. The witness must be desired by the parties to attest it, for unless
this be done, he will not be an attesting witness, although he may have seen
the parties execute it. 3 Campb. 232. See Competent witness; Credible
witness; Disinterested witness; Respectable witness; Subscribing witness;
and Witness; Witness instrumentary; 5 Watts, 399; 3 Bin. 194.
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