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Attested vs Attasted - What's the difference?

attested | attasted |

As verbs the difference between attested and attasted

is that attested is (attest) while attasted is (attaste).

As an adjective attested

is proven; shown to be true with evidence.

attested

English

Verb

(head)
  • (attest)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Proven; shown to be true with evidence
  • Supported with testimony
  • Certified as good, correct, or pure
  • * 1599 , , First Folio edition, Act V, Scene 1:
    • A Contract of eternall bond of loue,
    Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands,
    Atte?ted by the holy clo?e of lippes,
  • (linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.
  • *
    • A term should be included if it's likely that someone would run accross it and want to know what it means. This in turn leads to the somewhat more formal guideline of including a term if it is attested' and ' idiomatic .
  • * The word slæpwerig'' (sleep-weary) is attested in the Exeter Book in the form ''slæpwerigne .

    • Related terms

    * attest * attestation * attestment

    See also

    * approved * cited * documented * proved * supported English autological terms

    attasted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (attaste)

    • attaste

    English

    Verb

    (attast)
  • (obsolete) To taste or cause to taste.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)