circumstantiate
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.]
[See {Circumstantiating} (?).]
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1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]
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If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
--Bramhall.
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2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
details concerning.
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Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
particulars, which I have only touched in the
general. --State Trials
(1661).
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "circumstantiate":
adduce, affirm, anatomize, atomize, attest, authenticate, back,
back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, certify, cite, confirm,
corroborate, descend to particulars, detail, document,
enter into detail, fortify, give full particulars, instance,
itemize, particularize, probate, prove, ratify, reinforce, specify,
spell out, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, undergird,
uphold, validate, verify, warrant
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