substantiate
[suhb-stan-shee-eyt]
- to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- to give substantial existence to: to substantiate an idea through action.
- to affirm as having substance; give body to; strengthen: to substantiate a friendship.
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Origin of substantiate
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Contemporary Examples
How many doctors in the oncology world would be able to provide us with this kind of substantiation?
Historical Examples
Otherwise there could be no substantiation until the judgment day.
Under FireCharles King
What I learned was simply a substantiation of what I'd already surmised.
AttritionJim Wannamaker
Have you got plenty of substantiation in case he tries to deny it later.
Helen in the Editor's ChairRuthe S. Wheeler
Alas, that their claims have no substantiation in our receptivities!
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
For this contention there is substantiation of a superficial nature.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
substantiate
- to establish as valid or genuine
- to give form or real existence to
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Word Origin
C17: from New Latin substantiāre, from Latin substantia substance
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Word Origin and History for substantiation
substantiate
v.
1650s, "to make real, to give substance to," from Modern Latin substantiatus, past participle of substantiare, from Latin substantia (see substance). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803. Related: Substantiated; substantiating.
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