Substantiating

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

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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