Attest

(verb.) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; 'I attest this signature'.

(verb.) establish or verify the usage of; 'This word is not attested until 1993'.

(verb.) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; 'His high fever attested to his illness'; 'The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication'; 'This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness'.

手打:罗莎琳德

• If a laughing eye with a lively light, and a face bright with beaming and healthy energy, could attest that he was better, better he certainly was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• We have had the vague consciousness of assisting at a great development whose evidences to-day on every hand attest its magnitude. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Did his languid air attest that he also was struck with contagion? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I can attest your fidelity, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The great variety of elaborate designs of delicate tracery in silk, rich patterns in brocades, and gorgeous figures in carpets, attest the value of Jacquard’s important step in this art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He sought her presence more and more, and at last with a frequency that attested it had become to him an indispensable stimulus. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This branch of industry has grown up entirely in the Nineteenth Century, and the activity in this field is attested by the 4,000 United States patents in this class. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I never attested any such document. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The growth subsequent to 1890 is well attested by the exports for 1899, which for mowers and reapers was $9,053,830, or more than four times what it was in 1890. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is duly executed and attested. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Savages now sometimes cross their dogs with wild canine animals, to improve the breed, and they formerly did so, as is attested by passages in Pliny. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Their correspondence attests the intima te interchange of ideas and sentiments between these two men of genius, so different, yet with so much in common. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The result, which has never before been equaled in accuracy, sufficiently attests the remarkable proficiency in range-finding that modern engineers have developed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Some lives _are_ thus blessed: it is God's will: it is the attesting trace and lingering evidence of Eden. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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