a. [f. L. attestāt- ppl. stem of attestări to ATTEST: see -ATIVE.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, attestation.
a. 1832. Bentham, Wks. (1838), I. 374. Attestative satisfaction: arising from establishing truth by evidence against a false statement prejudicial to one.
1827. I. Taylor, Transm. Anc. Bks. (1859), 207. Mutually attestative evidence of thousands of witnesses.
