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Substantiate

//səbˈstænʃieɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate. transitive

    "substantiate allegations"

  2. 2
    solidify, firm, or strengthen wordnet
  3. 3
    To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents transitive
  4. 4
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts wordnet
  5. 5
    make real or concrete; give reality or substance to wordnet
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  1. 6
    represent in bodily form wordnet

Etymology

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.

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