substantiate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they substantiate | |
| he / she / it substantiates | |
| past simple substantiated | |
| past participle substantiated | |
| -ing form substantiating |
- substantiate something
to provide information or evidence to prove that something is true 证实；证明 The results of the tests substantiated his claims. 这些检验的结果证实了他的说法。 They made accusations which could not be substantiated. 他们提出的指控无法证实。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySubstantiate is used with these nouns as the object:- accusation
- charge
- claim
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin substantiat- ‘given substance’, from the verb substantiare.