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Substantiate

Substantiate Meaning & Definition
Substantiate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Substantiate?

[v] solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
[v] establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
[v] make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
[v] represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Substantiate: actualise | actualize | affirm | body forth | confirm | corroborate | embody | incarnate | realise | realize | support | sustain

Related Terms | Find terms related to Substantiate:

See Also | back | back up | be | beef up | create | demonstrate | document | establish | fortify | incarnate | make | prove | shew | show | strengthen | validate | verify | vouch

Substantiate In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. 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.

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