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Substantiate
Pronunciation : Sub*stan"ti*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Substantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Substantiating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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