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sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅ate

  [suhb-stan-shee-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
2. to give substantial existence to: to substantiate an idea through action.
3. to affirm as having substance; give body to; strengthen: to substantiate a friendship.
Origin:
1650–60; < NL substantiātus (ptp. of substantiāre), equiv. to L substanti(a) substance + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅tion, noun
sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅tive, adjective
sub⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. prove, confirm, verify, validate.
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sub·stan·ti·ate   (səb-stān'shē-āt')   
tr.v.   sub·stan·ti·at·ed, sub·stan·ti·at·ing, sub·stan·ti·ates
  1. To support with proof or evidence; verify: substantiate an accusation. See Synonyms at confirm.
    1. To give material form to; embody.
    2. To make firm or solid.
  3. To give substance to; make real or actual.

[New Latin substantiāre, substantiāt-, from Latin substantia, substance; see substance.]
sub·stan'ti·a'tion n.
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Substantiate

Sub*stan"ti*ate\, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : substantiate
Spanish: probar; corroborar,
German: begründen,
Japanese: 実証する
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substantiate 
1657, "to make real, to give substance to," from Mod.L. substantiatus, pp. of substantiare, from L. substantia (see substance). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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