What is "circumstantiate"

Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.]

1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]

   If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
   --Bramhall.

2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.

   Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general.
   --State Trials (1661).

1650s, from Latin circumstantia "surrounding condition" (see circumstance) + -ate (2). Related: Circumstantiated; circumstantiating; circumstantiation.

vb. 1 To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence 2 To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

v. give circumstantial evidence for