attest
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
His high fever attested to his illness
Types & categories
- bear witness hypernym
- authenticate hyponym
- reflect hyponym
- reflect hyponym
- notarize hyponym
- condemn hyponym
Related & opposite
- evidence derivation
- attestation derivation
- documentation derivation
- manifestation derivation
- expression derivation
- demonstrative derivation
- attest verb group
Sense 2 verb
authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
I attest this signature
Types & categories
- swan hypernym
Related & opposite
- attestation derivation
- attester derivation
- attest verb group
Sense 3 verb
give testimony in a court of law
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- testimonial derivation
- testimony derivation
- testimony derivation
- attestation derivation
- testifier derivation
- attestant derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 4 verb
establish or verify the usage of
This word is not attested until 1993
Types & categories
- show hypernym
Related & opposite
- attestation derivation
- attest verb group
- evidence verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | evidence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | documentation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | manifestation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expression |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demonstrative |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | attest |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bear witness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | authenticate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | notarize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attester |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | attest |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swan |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | testimonial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | testimony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | testimony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | testifier |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestant |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vouch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | attestation |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | attest |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | evidence |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | show |