单词 | attestation |
释义 | attestationn. 1. a. The action of bearing witness; the testimony borne; evidence, proof. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] i-witnessc888 witshipc900 warranting1303 recordc1330 witnessingc1330 bearingc1400 testificationc1450 certificate1472 certification1532 induction1551 suffrage1563 vouching1574 testifying1585 attestation1598 testation1642 attesting1661 adduction1687 attestment1850 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Testatione, an attestation or bearing witnes. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) ii. ii. 5 The reasons this man vrges to proue hymselfe Antiochus..and the attestation of his cuntriemen. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man i. v. 524 No necessary truth can have its attestation from experience. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness iv. 31 He wrought every sort of cure in attestation of his claims. b. Formal testimony or confirmation by signature, oath, etc.; esp. the verification of the execution of a deed or will by the signature of the testator in the presence of witnesses. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > [noun] > attestation of document witnessing1405 attest1651 attesting1661 attestation1674 1674 W. Lloyd Difference Church & Court of Rome 13 That strange Solemnity of Attestation, the apprecating Destruction to those of his Family. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 307 The last requisite to the validity of a deed is the attestation, or execution of it in the presence of witnesses. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 13 I bowed down, and kissed the turf, in solemn attestation of my vow. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xviii. 136 The attestation should be..in this form:—Signed by the above-named testator, in the presence of us present at the same time, who have hereunto signed our names. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > calling to witness attestation1547 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Of Swearing sig. G j b When men make faithful promises with attestacion of the name of God. 1741 T. Betterton in W. Oldys et al. Eng. Stage vi. 91 In Swearing or..Attestation of any Thing to the Verity of what you say. 3. The administration of an oath, e.g. of the oath of allegiance to a military recruit. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > administration of oath attestation1812 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > vow or oath > vowing or administering an oath swearinga1400 vowinga1400 devouation1428 avowingc1450 avowry1587 objuration1623 administration1625 nuncupation1625 nuncupating1679 swearinga1708 attestation1812 thumb-kissing1833 1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) IX. 153 They are to receive pay from the date of their attestation. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 307 Showing the date and term of his enlistment, and of his attestation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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