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attest to (something)

To confirm that something is true. I can attest to her whereabouts on the night of the crime—she was with me the entire time. I hope someone else can attest to this because they'll never believe a word you say. Can anyone attest to your volunteer work? Maybe someone at the nursing home?
See also: attest, to
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attest to something

to certify or bear witness to a fact. I cannot attest to what you have reported. The witness attested to the suspect's presence at the scene of the crime.
See also: attest, to
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"A written examination attests it," said the cardinal, replying aloud to the mute interrogation of his Majesty; "and the ill- treated people have drawn up the following, which I have the honor to present to your Majesty."
To say the truth, if the historian will confine himself to what really happened, and utterly reject any circumstance, which, though never so well attested, he must be well assured is false, he will sometimes fall into the marvellous, but never into the incredible.
Only the clean-picked bones of the ape, scattered about the ground, attested the fact of what had transpired in this seemingly peaceful spot but a few hours before.
Before accepting an engagement, an AICPA member needs to do more than evaluate threats to independence that may exist as a result of financial interests in or relationships with the financial statement attest client.
When I called the Lahore board inquiries centre, I was told to go to any Punjab board associated college to attest the form.
ISLAMABAD -- In an attempt to clarify its decision to attest 75,000 Al-Khair degrees including those from illegal campuses, the Higher Education Commission has spilled more beans about its controversial attestation of DG NAB Lahore Saleem Shahzad's degree.
Step 1: Obtain police clearance certificate from local/designated police station/office Step 2: Attest police clearance certificate from ministry of foreign affairs of Pakistan or from its camp offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar or Quetta.
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The California Board of Accountancy's study of California's 500-hour, attest experience requirement for CPA licensure involves surveying a wide range of groups in California--including consumers, applicants, new and experienced licensees, hiring managers and licensees who supervise and sign-off on attest experience, as well as accounting department faculty.
Such officers will readily attest the documents of their uncle's son's friend without even seeing him but they will not help or attest documents of an ordinary citizen standing outside the office himself, soaking in the rain or maybe risking exhaustion and severe dehydration because of heat.
"By getting a marriage certificate duly attested by the general attestation department, we will be able to attest it here confidently.
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2, "Responding to Requests for Reports on Matters Relating to Solvency" in AT section 9101, Attest Engagements: Attest Engagements Interpretations of Section 101 (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol.