'Circumstantiating' definitions:

Definition of 'Circumstantiating'

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  • Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.] [See Circumstantiating (?).] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. [1913 Webster]
  • Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661). [1913 Webster]

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