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substantiate

verb

/səbˈstænʃieɪt/

Meaning

To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of something.

The lawyer worked to substantiate the claims with solid evidence.

prove, validate, confirm, support, demonstrate

disprove, refute, contradict

substantiate claims, substantiate evidence, substantiate allegations, substantiate argument

To misunderstand or form an incorrect idea about something.

to seize, take hold of, or capture something that is moving

to send out something such as light, heat, sound, or gas

to formally accuse someone in a court of law and ask them to respond to the charges

To obtain something from a source.

to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed