circumstantiate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to set forth or support with circumstances or particulars.
Documents circumstantiated her evidence.
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to describe fully or minutely.
He circumstantiated the accident.
verb
Other Word Forms
- circumstantiation noun
Etymology
Origin of circumstantiate
1640–50; < Latin circumstanti ( a ) circumstance + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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We would have our eyes upon that too, so to circumstantiate all our duties, as they may have least offence in them, and be exposed to least obloquy of men, 1 Pet. ii.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
Men often hate sin, only as it is circumstantiate, but Christian hatred is a hatred of the nature, like the deadly feuds, which are enmities against the kind and name.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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