substantiating

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substantiating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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substantiating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  substantiating
      adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
             [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming,
             confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory,
             substantiating, substantiative, validating,
             validatory, verificatory, verifying]