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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Attestatioun(e, n. [e.m.E. (1547), F. attestation, L. attestātio.] The action of bearing or calling to witness. — 1572 Stewart Mem. 103.
It is … aggreit … in actestatioun that the said nobill Lord … is content [etc.] 1581 Bann. Memor. 320; Ib. 321.
He ansuerit, with a grit attestatioune, saying, ‘Lat God neuer be mercifull to me’ [etc.]
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