Attested
/əˈtɛstɪd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of attest form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Proven; shown to be true with evidence.
- 2 Supported with testimony.
- 3 Certified as good, correct, or pure.
"A Contract of eternall bond of loue, Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands, Atteſted by the holy cloſe of lippes,"
- 4 Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.
"The word "slæpwerig" (sleep-weary) is attested in the Exeter Book in the form "slæpwerigne"."
Adjective
- 1 established as genuine wordnet
Example
More examples"Words such as "aselway," "aselkim," "tayri," "adabu," and "amulli" are all derived from various Berber lexical roots that have never been attested in the now impoverished Kabyle dialect."