the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of truth (4)
In general use: To testify to, to assert, to affirm or confirm, as true or certain. Now rare.
To declare (a statement) to be true; to uphold as the truth; to corroborate, support. Obsolete.
To assert or affirm to be true or according to fact; to guarantee the truth or accuracy of (a statement, etc.); to attest or certify. Also const. ag…
with clause as object or with object and complement. Obsolete.