Meaning of SUBSTANTIATE
| Pronunciation: | | sub'stanshee`eyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | actualise, actualize, affirm, body forth, confirm, corroborate, embody, incarnate, realise, realize, support, sustain |
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| | Antonyms: | | contradict, negate | | |
| | See Also: | | back, back up, be, beef up, create, demonstrate, document, establish, fortify, incarnate, make, prove, shew, show, strengthen, validate, verify, vouch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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