[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That bears witness to; that calls to witness (obs.).
1720. Pope, Iliad, XVIII. 587. Alternate each th’ attesting sceptre took. Ibid. (1725), Odyss., XIV. 176. What I speak attesting Heaven has heard.
a. 1859. De Quincey, Wks., XIII. 310. Under the attesting record of Pope’s own sign and seal.
