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substantiate
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) to verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate 2 (context transitive English) to give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Substantiate \Sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substantiated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Substantiating .] To make to exist; to make real. --Ayliffe. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm , corroborate , sustain , support , affirm ] [ant: negate ] represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "to make real, to give substance to," from Modern Latin substantiatus , past participle of substantiare , from Latin substantia "being, essence, material" (see substance ). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803. Related: Substantiated ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN claim ▪ To substantiate claims of priority, etc. 8. ▪ He asked Wong to require the organization to substantiate its claim . ▪ Thus, a certain historical myopia is required to substantiate territorial claims . ▪ But these ...
Usage examples of substantiate.
I realize that it is not mandatory for the government to produce a corpse to substantiate a charge of murder, but a corpse or two is not too much to ask, if they are alleging over a hundred deaths.
If, finally, it be asked, how a system professing to be revealed can substantiate its claim, the answer is, by means of the historical evidences, such as miracles and fulfilment of prophecy.
A counterpoint that is sometimes given to this well substantiated and close relationship of birds to saurischians is that the survival of birds is not germane to the issue of dinosaur extinction because the large, ecologically similar dinosaurs became extinct while the smaller birds did not.
They seem clearly to indicate that by substantiating a commutation order for a deed of pardon, a President can always have his way in such matters, provided the substituted penalty is authorized by law and does not in common understanding exceed the original penalty.
Little pain was involved in all that was needed to discover the circulation of the blood, which was inferred from the valvular construction of the veins, and then easily substantiated.
But while Rush substantiated so much that Adams liked to believe about the meaning of friendship, another old friend, Mercy Otis Warren, hurt and provoked him as no one had in years, and without warning.
I checked her physical characteristics with the biometer and her coloring substantiates her claim.
Southeastern coastal populations, and this site could substantiate or refute ethnohistoric accounts.
There are traditions of his having taught for a while at Paris and at the University of Montpellier, though these are not substantiated.
X is only one of several widows he is treating for acute attacks of remorse, what is the difficulty in substantiating your claims?
The theory contained configurations of vibrating string that had properties akin to those of gluons, substantiating its early claim of being a theory of the strong force.
Roger could tell the truth so much more convincingly and circumstantially than he could tell a lie, and it would be so easy to substantiate.
They are ample proof of what I have long known, but have hitherto been unable to substantiate, that Ali Bagh is a counterfeiter, the chief of a large band.
Miss blackeyes only substantiated her impression of the main cavern, and the quality of her cell mates.
Elliott has filed a complaint for damages against the clinic, claiming medical malpractice and negligence because we failed to substantiate Chelsea Wright's true age at the time she donated the eggs.