attestation
nounEtymology
From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation.
- derived from attestātiō; by surface analysis
- derived from attestation
Definitions
A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate
A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
A confirmation or authentication.
The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on…
The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
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An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
- A historical dictionary cannot do this though it cannot also neglect this aspect because the attestation of a rare meaning is bound to be very limited.
- The eastern-most attestation of Sl skola in the meaning of synagogue appears to be in Smolensk Russian.
- So something must have been developing over long periods empty of attestation; and whatever it was, it must (by principles to be discussed in the next section) have been a language of the usual kind.
The neighborhood
- neighborattestative
- neighborattested
- neighborattestive
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at attestation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at attestation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at attestation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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