Substantiated

3 definitions found

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]:

  substantiated
       adj : supported or established by evidence or proof; "the
             substantiated charges"; "a verified case" [syn: {corroborated},
              {verified}]

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "substantiated":
     actual, ascertained, attested, authenticated, borne out,
     categorically true, certain, certified, circumstantiated,
     confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, determined, documentary,
     effectual, established, factual, fixed, historical, not in error,
     objectively true, proved, proven, real, settled, shown,
     sure-enough, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied,
     undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken,
     unquestionable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verified,
     veritable