Category: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.