| 释义 |
▪ I. attesting, vbl. n.|əˈtɛstɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Attestation.
1661Sanderson Episc. 19 For the attesting of any other part of Ecclesiastical Story. 1663Gerbier Counsel (1664) 47 In the attesting of Bills..not to pass his eyes slightly over them.
▪ II. aˈttesting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That bears witness to; that calls to witness (obs.).
1720Pope Iliad xviii. 587 Alternate each th' attesting sceptre took. 1725― Odyss. xiv. 176 What I speak attesting Heaven has heard. a1859De Quincey Wks. XIII. 310 Under the attesting record of Pope's own sign and seal. |