Substantiate
/səbˈstænʃieɪt/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate. transitive
"substantiate allegations"
- 2 solidify, firm, or strengthen wordnet
- 3 To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents transitive
- 4 establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts wordnet
- 5 make real or concrete; give reality or substance to wordnet
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- 6 represent in bodily form wordnet
Example
More examples"Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.