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substantiate

sub·stan·ti·ate

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To substantiate is to prove a claim to be true or back up a claim with evidence.

When you do a research project to prove a scientific theory, this is an example of a situation where you substantiate the theory.

substantiate

-·at·ed, -·at·ing

to give substance or true existence to
to give concrete form or body to; convert into substance; embody
to show to be true or real by giving evidence; prove; confirm

Origin of substantiate

; from Modern Latin substantiatus, past participle of substantiare ; from Classical Latin substantia, substance

substantiate

transitive verb

sub·stan·ti·at·ed, sub·stan·ti·at·ing, sub·stan·ti·ates

To prove the truth of or support with proof or evidence: substantiate an accusation. See Synonyms at confirm.
To give substance to; make real or actual.

Origin of substantiate

New Latin substantiare, substantiat-, from Latin substantia, substance; see substance.

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sub·stan′ti·a′tion
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substantiate

Verb

(third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)

to verify something by supplying evidence; to corroborate or authenticate
to give material form or substance to something; to embody

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It is true that our best authority, Arrian, fails to substantiate the traditional view satisfactorily; on the other hand those who maintain it urge that Arrian's interests were mainly military, and that the other authorities, if inferior in trustworthiness, are completer in range of vision.
For some time after the occupation of Rome the pope, in order to substantiate the pretence that his spiritual freedom had been diminished, avoided the creation of cardinals and the nomination of bishops.
Diplo- ~e1~s the matic records fail to substantiate the accusations of g lack of initiative and instability of political criterion currently brought against him by contemporaries.
The Minoan remains at Orchomenus which are traceable to the latest period go far to substantiate the philological comparison between the name of Minyas, the traditional ancestor of this ancient race, and that of Minos.
Ologyand A fair proportion of the workers who have delved so enthusiastically in the fields of Egyptian and Assyrian exploration would never have taken up the work at all but for the hope that their investigations might substantiate the Hebrew records.

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