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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.Definition 2024
substantiate
substantiate
English
Verb
substantiate (third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)
- (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate
- (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
Translations
to authenticate or corroborate
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to record in documents
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References
- ↑ “substantiate”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (HTML, in English), Oxford dictionaries, accessed 2014-03-22: “mid 17th century: from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.”
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantiate