Attest vs Submission - What's the difference?
attest | submission |
To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
* Addison
* 1599 — Shakespeare, iii 1'' (Act ii in ''First Folio edition)
To certify by signature or oath
To certify in an official capacity.
To supply or be evidence of
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* 1599 — Shakespeare, Prologue'' (''First Folio edition)
To put under oath.
To call to witness; to invoke.
* Dryden
The act of submitting.
The thing which has been submitted.
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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)- When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
- facts attested by particular pagan authors
- Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.
- You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
- Her fine work attested her ability.
- The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
- 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.
- The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.
Derived terms
* attestation * attested * attestmentSee also
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English
Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
‘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.}}