attested
British
/ əˈtɛstɪd /
adjective
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(of cattle, etc) certified to be free from a disease, esp from tuberculosis
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In Witness whereof I have in my custody, a certain Instrument Signed and Attested by the aforesaid Religioso's.
From
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them.
by Casas, Bartolomé de las
Their ghastly sins on vellum's sworn, Attested, sealed, they bend each knee!
From
Betelguese
A Trip Through Hell
by de Esque, Jean
Attested official reports regarding three of these have been given before the ordinary of the city of Santísimo Nombre de Jesus, while those of the remaining six are being considered.
From
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
by Bourne, Edward Gaylord
Attested by the English harbour officials at Lerwick.
From
The Coming Conquest of England
by Niemann, August
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