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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhb-stan-shee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt



Definition of substantiate

Origin :
  • 1650s, "to make real, to give substance to," from Modern Latin substantiatus, past participle of substantiare, from Latin substantia (see substance). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803. Related: Substantiated; substantiating.
  • verb back up a statement, idea
Example sentences :
  • You have no right to permit them to live longer than to substantiate your theory.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • And yet something there would surely be by which I could substantiate my story.
  • Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • To the end that he may substantiate his objections, he proposes to examine the prisoner.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • To substantiate this claim of the mosques, a brief digression is necessary.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
  • Now here is a fact which official records go to substantiate.
  • Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
  • Further tests by himself and others he says substantiate these claims.
  • Extract from : « The Cauliflower » by A. A. Crozier
  • "Perhaps you can substantiate that statement," sneered Cora.
  • Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Quill wanted Mike the Angel to substantiate his own statements to the roboticist.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Then he would do so for me and bring proofs to substantiate his statements.
  • Extract from : « The Millionaire Baby » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Complete records to substantiate this statement have not been discovered.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various

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