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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
substantiate
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 are no greater than are required to substantiate a claim to professional status.
▪ Though the standard of evidence we demand to substantiate extraordinary claims is high, it is not impossibly high.
▪ Three main reasons can be put forward to substantiate this claim.
▪ Regarding recruitment of staff, there is little factual evidence available to substantiate the claim either way.
▪ Bell, however, offers no direct evidence to substantiate the claim that there has been a shift in demand to services.
evidence
▪ These provide evidence to substantiate the loss and prevent possible fraudulent claims.
▪ The evidence to substantiate this is limited to very few conditions.
▪ Though the standard of evidence we demand to substantiate extraordinary claims is high, it is not impossibly high.
▪ In the absence of witnesses, only a confession on the part of the defendant or sufficient circumstantial evidence will substantiate the offence.
▪ Regarding recruitment of staff, there is little factual evidence available to substantiate the claim either way.
▪ Bell, however, offers no direct evidence to substantiate the claim that there has been a shift in demand to services.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Allegations made by prisoners are usually only considered when substantiated by the evidence of a prison officer.
▪ No evidence has been found to substantiate the story.
▪ The authorities claimed they were conspiring to overthrow the government, but offered no evidence to substantiate these claims.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Discipline yourself to dig deep and get at facts which can be substantiated.
▪ Graph the two equations to substantiate your answers.
▪ The claim that higher minimum wages are inflationary and will create a loss of jobs is not substantiated either.
▪ The fact substantiates what reason points out.
▪ The third party must be able to claim that its assent is invalid if any of these grounds can be substantiated.
▪ This is not substantiated by analysis of the high strictures according to the method of diagnosis.
▪ This is not invariable, but its occurrence can provide substantiating evidence of epilepsy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Substantiate

Substantiate \Sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Substantiating.]

  1. To make to exist; to make real.
    --Ayliffe.

  2. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.

    Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment.
    --Coleridge.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
substantiate

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; substantiating.

Wiktionary
substantiate

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

WordNet
substantiate

  1. 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]

  2. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody]

  3. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise]

  4. solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

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.