attest
verb (used with object)
to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially to affirm in an official capacity.
had attested
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past perfectof attest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Noting that he had attested to the veracity of his declaration under penalty of perjury, she threw out his entire expert declaration and refused to allow Ellison to file a corrected version.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
As the judge explained, in the memo that Austin had long ago issued appointing Escallier, he had attested to her independent authority.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025
As it happens, several of the central figures in the story of the Alamo, including William Barret Travis and Jim Bowie, either enslaved people or had attested to the importance of slavery.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
Dr. Harold Bornstein, 73, who for a time was Donald Trump’s personal physician and who had attested in December 2015 that Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” died Jan. 8.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
But other times, the children had known love and lost it, and as the boy himself had attested, that hole where love had once lived was immense.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
