Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

substantiatemore about substantiate

substantiate


  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]: 
 
  substantiate 
  v  1:  strengthen  or  make  more  firm  as  by  corroboration;  "his  story 
  confirmed  my  doubts"  [syn:  {confirm},  {corroborate},  {sustain}, 
  {support},  {affirm}]  [ant:  {negate}] 
  2:  establish  as  valid  or  genuine;  "Can  you  substantiate  your 
  claims?"  [syn:  {back},  {back  up}] 




more about substantiate