substantiate

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare,^[1] first used 1657.^[2]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səbˈstænʃieɪt/, /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /səbˈstænʃiˌeɪt/, [səbˈstɛənʃiˌeɪt]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səbˈstænʃiæɪt/
• Hyphenation: sub‧stan‧ti‧ate

substantiate (third-person singular simple present substantiates, present participle substantiating, simple past and past participle substantiated)

1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate
2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents