Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SUBSTANTIATING
collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
(adjective) serving to support or corroborate; “collateral evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
substantiating
present participle of substantiate
Source: Wiktionary
SUBSTANTIATE
Sub*stan"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Substantiating.]
1. To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe.
2. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration. Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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