substantiate

substantiate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. embody (see substance); evidence, corroborate, verify, bear out, demonstrate, confirm, support. See demonstration, truth.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To prove]
Syn. confirm, verify, bear out; see prove , verify .
2. [To actualize]
Syn. reify, realize, incarnate; see complete 1 .
See Synonym Study at verify .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.
[sub STAN she ate]
to prove to be true by showing evidence.
The detective tried to substantiate her story with circumstantial evidence.
SYN.: prove, confirm, authenticate, verify, corroborate, support, validate, demonstrate, attest to, certify.
ANT.: disprove, refute, discredit
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To present evidence in support of: back (up), buttress, corroborate. See SUPPORT. 2. To assure the certainty or validity of: attest, authenticate, back (up), bear out, confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, testify (to), validate, verify, warrant. See SUPPORT, TRUE. 3. To establish as true or genuine: authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, prove, show, validate, verify. See SHOW, SUPPORT. 4. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form: body forth, embody, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify. See SUBSTITUTE.

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