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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attest.

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  • Options, as the etymology of the term attests, are actions the agent wishes to do, actions that seem good and worthy of choice to him.

    How to Kill a Missionary 2009

  • As the title attests, Brzezinski's book is a memoir about her struggle to maintain family, marriage, career, and self-respect while negotiating the stormy straits of the TV world.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • As the title attests, Brzezinski's book is a memoir about her struggle to maintain family, marriage, career, and self-respect while negotiating the stormy straits of the TV world.

    poststar.com RSS 2010

  • Doña Marina went with them, mounted behind Cortes, which again attests to her courage and the high esteem in which she was held.

    La Malinche, unrecognized heroine 2006

  • Doña Marina went with them, mounted behind Cortes, which again attests to her courage and the high esteem in which she was held.

    La Malinche, unrecognized heroine 2006

  • Suddenly the radio loudspeaker in the plane's cockpit crackles, and a rapid burst of Mandarin Chinese attests that the men on the rig have taken notice of the visitor.

    A Risky Game Of Chicken 2007

  • Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn.

    INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911

  • Human experience in the simplest and widest sense of the word attests it.

    Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord Bramwell Booth 1892

  • [213: 8] It is obvious that the Lord's day is not included in this compromise; for from the morning of the resurrection there appears to have been no dispute as to its claims, and its very title attests the general recognition of its authority.

    The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854

  • CADIS stands for "Compact Adaptive Installation System," and as the name attests, these speakers were designed to make installation worry-free.

    Gearwire - 2009

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