"circumstantiate" meaning in English

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      "form": "circumstantiates",
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      "form": "circumstantiating",
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      "form": "circumstantiated",
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          "text": "Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general.",
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        "To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence"
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          "sense": "to give out circumstantial evidence",
          "word": "circunstanciar"
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        "To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts."
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      "form": "circumstantiated",
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          "circumstantial"
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      "sense": "to give out circumstantial evidence",
      "word": "circunstanciar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circumstantiate"
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