different between attest vs enervate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor (“to witness to, bear witness”), from at-, combining form of ad (“to”) + testor (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

attest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)

1. (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

   When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?

   • 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences Of The Christian Religion

     facts […] attested by particular pagan authors

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V iii 1 (Act ii in First Folio edition)

     Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.

2. (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.

   You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.

3. (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of.

   Her fine work attested her ability.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V 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.

5. (transitive) To put under oath.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke.

   • The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.

Derived terms

• attestation
• attested
• attestment

Translations

See also

• cite
• quote

Further reading

• attest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• attest in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• attest at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• T-state

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of attestatie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?st/
• Hyphenation: at?test
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

attest n (plural attesten, diminutive attestje n)

1. certificate, document supporting an assertion

Anagrams

• tastte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin attestatum

Noun

attest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attester, definite plural attestene)

1. a certificate
2. a testimonial

Derived terms

• dødsattest
• fødselsattest
• vielsesattest
• vigselsattest

References

• “attest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin attestatum

Noun

attest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attestar, definite plural attestane)

1. a certificate
2. a testimonial

Derived terms

• dødsattest
• fødselsattest

References

• “attest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

attest c

1. certification, authorization; certificate

Declension

Related terms

• attestera

Anagrams

• testat

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nerv?tus, past participle of ?nerv? (“to weaken”).

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /??n.?(?)?ve?t/ (UK)
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /??n.?(?).v?t/ (UK)

Verb

enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)

1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

   After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.

2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.
3. (medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enervate.

Synonyms

• (reduce strength): debilitate, weaken

Antonyms

• (reduce strength): strengthen, revive
• (reduce morally, mentally): bolster

Translations

Adjective

enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.

Anagrams

• venerate

Latin

Participle

?nerv?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nerv?tus