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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.

Definition 2024


circumstantiate

circumstantiate

English

Verb

circumstantiate (third-person singular simple present circumstantiates, present participle circumstantiating, simple past and past participle circumstantiated)

  1. To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence
    Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials (1661).
  2. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
    If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.