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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

put

What does 'put to attest' mean?

Scientists put to attest 200 year old mystery about how Napoleon Bonaparte died.
  

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It doesn't make sense. It is probably an error for "put to (the) test".

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  • It doesn't make sense.
  • It is probably an error for "put to (the) test".
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It doesn't make sense. It is probably an error for "put to (the) test".
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That should be "put to the test."
Have a look here for the meaning of that phrase:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/put-someone/thing-to-the-test?q=put+to+the+test

However, that wouldn't work well in that sente
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Scientists put to rest the 200-year-old mystery about how Napoleon Bonaparte died.
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