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English Dictionary: substantiate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for substantiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substantiate v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" Synonym(s): confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm Antonym(s): contradict, negate represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" Synonym(s): incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" Synonym(s): realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substantiate \Substan"tiate\, 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.