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Webster 1913 Edition
Substantiate
Sub-stan′ti-ate
,Verb.
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 declarationObservation is, in turn, wanted to direct and
substantiate
the course of experiment. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Substantiate
SUBSTAN'TIATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To establish by proof or competent evidence; to verify; to make good, as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.