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substantiate

[səb stan′s̸hē āt′]

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verb

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

transitive verb

substantiated, substantiating

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

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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 substantiāre, substantiāt-, from Latin substantia, substance; see substance.

Related Forms:

sub·stan′ti·a′tion
noun

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.
Lionel then goes on to impute the shock to an earthquake, and seems to substantiate the imputation by stating that a great earthquake, somewhere about that time, did actually do great mischief along the Spanish land.
In order to substantiate these effects, we applied an acceptor splice site calculation program based on the maximum entropy model.
There is not one shred of evidence to substantiate the allegations made.
They were unable to substantiate anything regarding the efficacy or otherwise of practicing PFME with a catheter in-situ, with any research based evidence.

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