'Substantiate' definitions:
Definition of 'substantiate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate]
verb
Represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate]
verb
Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate]
verb
Solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
Definition of 'Substantiate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'substantiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adduce,
- affirm,
- anatomize,
- assay,
- atomize,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- back,
- back up,
- bear out,
- body,
- bolster,
- bring to test,
- buttress,
- certify,
- circumstantiate,
- cite,
- confirm,
- corporealize,
- corporify,
- corroborate,
- cut and try,
- demonstrate,
- descend to particulars,
- detail,
- document,
- embody,
- enter into detail,
- essay,
- experiment,
- exteriorize,
- externalize,
- fortify,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- give full particulars,
- have a go,
- incarnate,
- incorporate,
- instance,
- itemize,
- justify,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- objectify,
- particularize,
- personalize,
- personify,
- play around with,
- practice upon,
- probate,
- prove,
- put to trial,
- ratify,
- reembody,
- reincarnate,
- reinforce,
- research,
- road-test,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- shake down,
- specify,
- spell out,
- strengthen,
- substantialize,
- substantify,
- support,
- sustain,
- taste,
- test,
- transmigrate,
- try,
- try it on,
- try out,
- undergird,
- uphold,
- validate,
- verify,
- warrant