attestare
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin attestārī, from testis (“witness”).
Verb edit
attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to attest, to bear witness to, to certify
- (historiography, linguistics) to attest (a fact, an event, a word) through historical sources
- (figurative) to attest to, to prove
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of attestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From a- + testa (“head”) + -are.
Verb edit
attestàre (first-person singular present attèsto, first-person singular past historic attestài, past participle attestàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to put head-to-head, to cause to abut
- to anchor (a bridge) to shore
- (military) to halt (troops) for rest and consolidation
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of attestàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
attestāre