attesting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.]
1.To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. [1913 Webster]
Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
2.To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. [1913 Webster]
3.To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]