attest

Other forms of attest

past tense

attested·

present participle

attesting·

third person

attests·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about attest

What does attest mean?

attest means "provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attest?

attest has 2 syllables: at-test. The stress falls on "test". In IPA it is /əˈtɛst/.

What is another word for attest?

Close synonyms include certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence, testify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attest a common word?

attest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with attest?

3 words rhyme with attest. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.