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English Dictionary: substantiating	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substantiating adj serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" Synonym(s): collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
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.