"substantiate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-substantiate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: substantiates [present, singular, third-person], substantiating [participle, present], substantiated [participle, past], substantiated [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|substantiatus||given substance}} Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), {{m|la|substantiare}} substantiare Head templates: {{en-verb}} substantiate (third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)
  1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate Tags: transitive Translations (to authenticate or corroborate): потвърждавам (potvǎrždavam) (Bulgarian), belægge (Danish), onderbouwen (Dutch), tõendama (Estonian), todistaa (Finnish), tukea (Finnish), vahvistaa (Finnish), todentaa (Finnish), osoittaa (Finnish), beglaubigen (German), bestätigen (German), substantiieren (German), untermauern (German), dimostrare (Italian), whakatūturu (Maori), doğrulamak (Turkish), tasdik etmek (Turkish), tahakkuk etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-substantiate-en-verb-dJzUDstL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'to authenticate or corroborate': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents Tags: transitive Translations (to record in documents): bekräftigen (German), verwirklichen (German), τεκμηριώνω (tekmirióno) (Greek), documentare (Italian), засвидетельствовать (zasvidetelʹstvovatʹ) (Russian), gerçekleşmek (Turkish), gerçekleştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-substantiate-en-verb-3In~qbGM Disambiguation of 'to record in documents': 2 98

Inflected forms

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