substantiate

Verb
Synonyms: confirmcorroboratesustainsupportaffirmincarnatebody forthembodyrealizerealiseactualizeactualise

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts“his story confirmed my doubts”“The evidence supports the defendant”Synonyms: confirmcorroboratesustainsupportaffirm
  2. represent in bodily form“He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system”“The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist”Synonyms: incarnatebody forthembody
  3. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to“our ideas must be substantiated into actions”Synonyms: realizerealiseactualizeactualise
  4. solidify, firm, or strengthen“The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]
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