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Attest vs Submission - What's the difference?

attest | submission |

As a verb attest

is to affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

As a noun submission is

the act of submitting.

attest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
  • When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
  • * Addison
  • facts attested by particular pagan authors
  • * 1599 — Shakespeare, iii 1'' (Act ii in ''First Folio edition)
  • Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.
  • To certify by signature or oath
  • You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
  • To certify in an official capacity.
  • To supply or be evidence of
  • Her fine work attested her ability.
  • *
  • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
  • * 1599 — Shakespeare, Prologue'' (''First Folio edition)
  • O pardon : since a crooked Figure may / Attest in little place a Million, / And let us, Cyphers to this great Accompt, / On your imaginarie Forces worke.
  • To put under oath.
  • To call to witness; to invoke.
  • * Dryden
  • The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.

    Derived terms

    * attestation * attested * attestment

    See also

    * cite * quote

    submission

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of submitting.
  • The thing which has been submitted.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
  • A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of submitting) acquiescence, capitulation, concession, giving in, submittal, obeyance, yielding * (thing submitted) submittal

    Antonyms

    * (act of submitting) rebellion, control