Definition of substantiates Substantiates

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What does substantiates mean?

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substantiates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of substantiate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb substantiates, substantiating, substantiated
substantiate - solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
		beef up, strengthen, fortify gain strength; "His body strengthened"
substantiate - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
		confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, affirm
		contradict, negate deny the truth of
		back up, back make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
		vouch give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds"
		verify confirm the truth of; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"
		shew, demonstrate, establish, prove, show march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
		document support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"
		validate make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket"
substantiate - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
		realize, realise, actualize, actualise
		create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
		incarnate make concrete and real
		express articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
substantiate - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
		incarnate, body forth, embody
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"

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Wiktionary

substantiate (Verb)
To verify something by supplying evidence; to corroborate or authenticate.
substantiate (Verb)
To give material form or substance to something; to embody.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

substantiate (v. t.)
To make to exist; to make real.
substantiate (v. t.)
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.