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

Webster 1828 Edition


Substantiate

SUBSTAN'TIATE

,
Verb.
T.
To make to exist.
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)

  1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate
  2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

Translations

References

  1. “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.”
  2. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantiate