attestare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /at.teˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: at‧te‧stà‧re

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin attestārī, from testis (witness).

Verb

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attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to attest, to bear witness to, to certify
  2. (historiography, linguistics) to attest (a fact, an event, a word) through historical sources
  3. (figurative) to attest to, to prove
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Etymology 2

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From a- +‎ testa (head) +‎ -are.

Verb

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attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to put head-to-head, to cause to abut
  2. to anchor (a bridge) to shore
  3. (military) to halt (troops) for rest and consolidation
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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attestāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of attestor