attestation
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| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | (tr) to affirm the correctness or truth of |
| 2. | to witness (an act, event, etc) or bear witness to (an act, event, etc) as by signature or oath |
| 3. | (tr) to make evident; demonstrate: his life of luxury attests his wealth |
| 4. | (tr) to provide evidence for: the marks in the ground attested the presence of a fossil |
| [C16: from Latin attestārī to prove, from testārī to bear witness, from testis a witness] | |
| at'testable | |
| —adj | |
| at'testant | |
| —n | |
| at'tester | |
| —n | |
| at'testor | |
| —n | |
| at'testator | |
| —n | |
| attestation | |
| —n | |
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Attestation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
attestation
1540s, from Fr. attestation, from L. attestationem (nom. attestatio), noun of action from attestatus, pp. of attestari (see attest).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
They cross-examined the saints for their attestation of miracle and prophecy, but omitted to discover the secret of their life.
The attestation must be signed by the applicant requesting a temporary license.
After all, if those bankers are lying after signing an attestation, then they could go to jail.
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