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circumstantiation rare.|sɜːkəmstænʃɪˈeɪʃən| [n. of action f. prec. vb.: see -ation.] The action of circumstantiating.
1841De Quincey Homer Wks. 1857 VI. 384 By inventing such little circumstantiations of any character or incident, as seem, by their apparent inertness of effect, to verify themselves. 1887Stevenson Mem. & Portraits 288 The building up and circumstantiation of this boyish dream. |