▪ I. † aˈttestate, n. Obs. rare.
Also 7 -at.
[f. L. attestāt- ppl. stem of attestāri to attest: see -ate1.]
An attestation, testimony, proof.
| 1630 Lord Banians Ep. Ded., Let it be an attestate of my acknowledgments to you. 1656 Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 134 The true attestat of Guicchardin..that it is more usual for an officer to run hazard, then for a merchant to break. |
▪ II. † aˈttestate, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. as prec.: see -ate3.]
To attest.
| 1652 Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 523 Which the sacred Scripture most contracts, and best attestates. |