attestation

名词 n.
/ˌæt.ɛˈsteɪ.ʃən/    /ˌæt.ɛˈsteɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation. countable,uncountable
  2. A confirmation or authentication. countable,uncountable
  3. The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization. countable,uncountable
  4. An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium. countable,uncountable
    — A historical dictionary cannot do this though it cannot also neglect this aspect because the attestation of a rare meaning is bound to be very limited.

词形变化

attestations plural

词源

From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation.
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