Circumstantiate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.]
     [See {Circumstantiating} (?).]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
        particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]


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              If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
              will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
                                                    --Bramhall.
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     2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
        details concerning.
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              Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
              particulars, which I have only touched in the
              general.                              --State Trials
                                                    (1661).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circumstantiate
       v : give circumstantial evidence for

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "circumstantiate":
     adduce, affirm, anatomize, atomize, attest, authenticate, back,
     back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, certify, cite, confirm,
     corroborate, descend to particulars, detail, document,
     enter into detail, fortify, give full particulars, instance,
     itemize, particularize, probate, prove, ratify, reinforce, specify,
     spell out, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, undergird,
     uphold, validate, verify, warrant