SUBSTANTIATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe.

2.
v.

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.

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