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substantiating

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  Observation  is  in  turn,  wanted  to  direct  and 
  substantiate  the  course  of  experiment.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  substantiating 
  adj  :  serving  to  support  or  corroborate;  "collateral  evidence" 
  [syn:  {collateral},  {confirmative},  {confirming},  {confirmatory}, 
  {corroborative},  {corroboratory},  {substantiative},  {validating}, 
  {validatory},  {verificatory},  {verifying}]




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