substantiate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   solidify, firm, or strengthen

   The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country

2. 2
   verb

   To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.

   substantiate allegations

3. 3
   verb

   establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

4. 4
   verb

   make real or concrete

5. 5
   verb

   represent in bodily form

6. 6
   verb

   To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

Etymology

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.