attest vs prevaricate

attest

verb
  • To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. 

  • To certify in an official capacity. 

  • To put under oath. 

  • To supply or be evidence of. 

  • To certify by signature or oath. 

prevaricate

verb
  • To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous. 

  • To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it. 

  • To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. 

How often have the words attest and prevaricate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )