different between faithful vs attested

English

Alternative forms

• faithfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe??.f?l/

Adjective

faithful (comparative faithfuler or more faithful, superlative faithfulest or most faithful)

1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

2. Having faith.
   • 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)

     The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.

3. Reliable; worthy of trust.

4. Consistent with reality.

5. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
   • 1976, "Missouri Breakers"[1]

     She wanted to be free to explore casual affairs, but her man had to be faithful .

6. (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.

Derived terms

• faithfully
• faithfulness

Translations

See also

• go to the wall for someone
• stand by
• true

Noun

faithful (plural faithfuls)

1. (in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

2. Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?st?d/

Verb

attested

1. simple past tense and past participle of attest

Adjective

attested (comparative more attested, superlative most attested)

1. Proven; shown to be true with evidence
2. Supported with testimony
3. Certified as good, correct, or pure
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, 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,

4. (linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.

   • A term should be included if it's likely that someone would run across 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

Translations

See also

• approved
• cited
• documented
• proven
• supported