CIRCUMSTANTIATE

circumstantiate

(verb) give circumstantial evidence for

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

circumstantiate (third-person singular simple present circumstantiates, present participle circumstantiating, simple past and past participle circumstantiated)

To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence

To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

Source: Wiktionary

Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.] Etym: [See Circumstantiating (

1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.

2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to entr into details concerning. Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials (1661).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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