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11 definitions found for substantiate

Websters 1828 Dictionary
Substantiate SUBSTAN'TIATE, v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0
substantiate v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate] 2: represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate] 3: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate] 4: solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

English Etymology Dictionary
substantiate 1657, from Mod.L. substantiatus, pp. of substantiare, from L. substantia (see substance).

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
substantiate transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1657 1. to give substance or form to ; embody 2. to establish by proof or competent evidence ; verify <substantiate a charge> Synonyms: see confirmsubstantiation nounsubstantiative adjective

Oxford English Reference Dictionary
substantiate
v.tr. prove the truth of (a charge, statement, claim, etc.); give good grounds for.
Derivatives:
substantiation n.
Etymology: med.L substantiare give substance to (as SUBSTANCE)

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
substantiate (substantiates, substantiating, substantiated) To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true. (FORMAL) There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. = validate VERB: V nsubstantiation There may be alternative methods of substantiation other than written records. N-UNCOUNT

English Explanatory Dictionary
substantiate səbˈstænʃɪeɪt v.tr. prove the truth of (a charge, statement, claim, etc.); give good grounds for. øøsubstantiation n. [med.L substantiare give substance to (as SUBSTANCE)]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Substantiate 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
substantiate v. a. Establish, verify, prove, confirm, corroborate, ratify, make good.

English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms)
substantiate səbˈstænʃɪeɪt v. confirm, affirm, corroborate, support, sustain, back up, bear out, authenticate, show (clearly), prove, document, verify, certify, validate: Do not make accusations that cannot be substantiated by evidence.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "substantiate": adduce, affirm, anatomize, assay, atomize, attest, authenticate, back, back up, bear out, body, bolster, bring to test, buttress, certify, circumstantiate, cite, confirm, corporealize, corporify, corroborate, cut and try, demonstrate, descend to particulars, detail, document, embody, enter into detail, essay, experiment, exteriorize, externalize, fortify, give a try, give a tryout, give full particulars, have a go, incarnate, incorporate, instance, itemize, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, particularize, personalize, personify, play around with, practice upon, probate, prove, put to trial, ratify, reembody, reincarnate, reinforce, research, road-test, run a sample, sample, shake down, specify, spell out, strengthen, substantialize, substantify, support, sustain, taste, test, transmigrate, try, try it on, try out, undergird, uphold, validate, verify, warrant




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