Attested

English

Verb

attested

1. Simple past tense and past participle of attest.

Adjective

Attested (comparative more Attested, superlative most Attested)

1. Proven; shown to be true with evidence
2. Supported with testimony
3. Certified as good, correct, or pure
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, First Folio edition, Act V, Scene 1:

     A Contract of eternall bond of loue,

     Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands,

     Atteſted by the holy cloſe of lippes,

4. (linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.

   • A term should be included if it's likely that someone would run accross it and want to know what it means. This in turn leads to the somewhat more formal guideline of including a term if it is attested and idiomatic.

   • The word slæpwerig (sleep-weary) is attested in the Exeter Book in the form slæpwerigne.

Related terms

• attest
• attestation
• attestment

See also

• approved
• cited
• documented
• proved
• supported

Thesaurus

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