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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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              Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and
              substantiate the course of experiment. --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  substantiate
       v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his
            story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the
            defendant" [syn: {confirm}, {corroborate}, {sustain}, {support},
             {affirm}] [ant: {negate}]
       2: represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil
          wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the
          feelings of the artist" [syn: {incarnate}, {body forth}, {embody}]
       3: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our
          ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: {realize},
           {realise}, {actualize}, {actualise}]
       4: solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will
          substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

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

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "substantiate":
     adduce, affirm, anatomize, assay, atomize, attest, authenticate,
     back, back up, bear out, body, bolster, bring to test, buttress,
     certify, circumstantiate, cite, confirm, corporealize, corporify,
     corroborate, cut and try, demonstrate, descend to particulars,
     detail, document, embody, enter into detail, essay, experiment,
     exteriorize, externalize, fortify, give a try, give a tryout,
     give full particulars, have a go, incarnate, incorporate, instance,
     itemize, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, particularize,
     personalize, personify, play around with, practice upon, probate,
     prove, put to trial, ratify, reembody, reincarnate, reinforce,
     research, road-test, run a sample, sample, shake down, specify,
     spell out, strengthen, substantialize, substantify, support,
     sustain, taste, test, transmigrate, try, try it on, try out,
     undergird, uphold, validate, verify, warrant
  
  

















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