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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumstantiate
Cirˊcum-stan′ti-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumstantiated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumstantiating
.] [See
Circumstantiating
([GREEK]).] 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).
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumstantiate
CIRCUMSTANTIATE
, v.t.1.
To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.2.
To place in a particular condition with regard to power or wealth.