substantiate

English

Etymology
  • Comes from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.[1] First use : 1657[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sub‧stan‧ti‧ate

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
  2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

Translations

References
  1. “substantiate”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (HTML, in English), Oxford dictionaries, accessed 2014-03-22: “mid 17th century: from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.”
  2. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantiate
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