substantiate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: sub‧stan‧ti‧ate

Verb

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

Translations

to authenticate or corroborate

• Bulgarian: потвърждавам (bg) (potvǎrždavam)
• Danish: belægge
• Dutch: onderbouwen (nl)
• Estonian: tõendama
• Finnish: todistaa (fi), tukea (fi), vahvistaa (fi), todentaa (fi), osoittaa (fi)
• German: beglaubigen (de), bestätigen (de), substantiieren (de), untermauern (de)
• Italian: dimostrare (it)
• Maori: whakatūturu
• Turkish: doğrulamak (tr), tasdik etmek (tr), tahakkuk etmek (tr)

to record in documents

• German: bekräftigen (de), verwirklichen (de)
• Greek: τεκμηριώνω (el) (tekmirióno)
• Italian: documentare (it)
• Russian: засвидетельствовать (ru) (zasvidetelʹstvovatʹ)
• Turkish: gerçekleşmek (tr), gerçekleştirmek (tr)