Hypertext Webster Gateway: "substantiating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and
substantiate the course of experiment. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
substantiating
adj : serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
[syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory},
{corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiative}, {validating},
{validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
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