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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

circumstantiate
    v 1: give circumstantial evidence for

2. 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 (?).]
   [1913 Webster]
   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).
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for circumstantiate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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