substantiated

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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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "substantiated":
      actual, ascertained, attested, authenticated, borne out,
      categorically true, certain, certified, circumstantiated,
      confirmed, corroborated, demonstrated, determined, documentary,
      effectual, established, factual, fixed, historical, not in error,
      objectively true, proved, proven, real, settled, shown,
      sure-enough, true, true as gospel, truthful, unconfuted, undenied,
      undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unmistaken,
      unquestionable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verified,
      veritable