substantiate

English

Etymology

Comes from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.[1] First use : 1657[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/
Hyphenation: sub‧stan‧ti‧ate

Verb

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

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

Translations

to authenticate or corroborate

Danish: belægge
Estonian: tõendama
German: beglaubigen (de), bestätigen (de), substantiieren, untermauern (de)

Maori: whakatūturu
Turkish: doğrulamak (tr), tasdik etmek (tr), tahakkuk etmek (tr)

to record in documents

German: bekräftigen (de), verwirklichen (de)
Greek: τεκμηριώνω (el) (tekmirióno)

Russian: засвидетельствовать (ru) (zasvidetel'stvovat')
Turkish: gerçekleşmek (tr), gerçekleştirmek (tr)

References

“substantiate”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (HTML, in English), Oxford dictionaries, accessed 2014-03-22: “mid 17th century: from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantiate

[1] “substantiate”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (HTML, in English), Oxford dictionaries, accessed 2014-03-22: “mid 17th century: from medieval Latin substantiat- 'given substance', from the verb substantiare.”

[2] ttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substantiate