substantiatev.
/səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/, /səbˈstansɪeɪt/, /səbˈstɑːnʃɪeɪt/, /səbˈstɑːnsɪeɪt/, U.S. /səbˈstæn(t)ʃiˌeɪt/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)]
afeedeOE
foddereOE
feedc950
fosterc1175
fooda1225
nourishc1300
nurshc1325
nourishc1384
abechea1393
relievec1425
norrya1450
nurturea1450
pasturec1450
foisonc1485
bield1488
aliment1490
repast1494
nutrifya1500
repatera1522
battle1548
forage1552
nurse1591
substantiate1592
refeed1615
alumnate1656
focillate1656
1592 A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. sig. Z3v They substantiate [Fr. substanter] their bodies with many seedes of hearbes.
2. transitive. To give substance or substantial existence to (something); to make real or substantial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)]
substantify1605
substantiate1610
substantialize1783
to body out1826
1610 H. Broughton Reuelation Holy Apocalyps (new ed.) xxi. 316 We leaue imitation of Aharon, in Linnen, Cope, Mitre, Altar, Flesh and Blood substantiated.
1653 T. Watson Αυταρκεια xi. vii. 165 Faith is a grace that doth substantiate things not seen.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 148 The Accidental of any Act, is said to be whatever advenes to the Act itself already substantiated.
1755 Humorous & Diverting Dialogues 15 These representations, being decyphered and interpreted—(which we may call substantiating the emblems).
1812 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 187 Substantiating appearances into facts of science.
1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. iii. 44 Human thought substantiates accidents, and treats the finite as if it were infinite.
1903 W. Bright Age of Fathers I. xvii. 325 Whatever..might give subjective reality to, and in that sense substantiate, things hoped for.
1974 A. Thwaite Waiting for Party iv. 93 Many people read mainly to substantiate their day-dreams and the Fauntleroy story is the perfect day-dream.
1993 I. H. Habib Shakespeare's Pluralistic Concepts of Char. iii. 133 This attempt to substantiate the shadow world physically..marks a critical point.
3. transitive. To give substantial form to (something); to embody.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody
corporatea1398
bodyc1449
embody1548
incorporate1623
substantiate1645
bodify1685
to body forth1759
to body out1826
encarnalize1847
insubstantiate1865
1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts xii. 282 Himselfe being presently to substantiate in his owne person, what these did but personate and represent of others.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 128 Particular qualities in the person he admires, the impressions of which are too..delicate to be substantiated in language.
1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. iv. 25 That power which, in our days, substantiated humour in Sterne, comedy in Garrick.
1849 Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. July 286 Whatever idea of beauty had been substantiated in words or in artist's lines.
1922 H. Frye Romance & Trag. 37 In itself language does not suffice to substantiate the idea artistically any more than the stone of the sculptor.
1972 R. Bartholomew & S. S. Kapur Maqbool Fida Husain 21/1 It could be real to him and real to others only if the ingredients of memory that he was endeavoring to substantiate in paint acquired a relevant scale.
2007 L. Luis Pérez-Oramas in J. Elderfield et al. Armando Reverón 104 The appearance of forms, lured in like figures of desire and substantiated in painting with all their power to seduce.
4. transitive. To prove the truth of (a charge, claim, etc.); to demonstrate or verify (something) by evidence; to give good grounds for, to justify.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)]
i-sothea925
soothec950
fanda1000
kitheOE
betell1048
showc1175
prove?c1225
treousec1275
stablisha1325
approve1340
verifyc1386
justifya1393
tryc1412
answer?a1425
appreve?c1450
to make gooda1470
convictc1475
averifyc1503
arguea1513
find1512
pree1515
comprobate1531
demonstrate1538
conclude1549
convince1555
argument1558
evict1571
avoucha1593
evidencea1601
remonstrate1601
clear1605
attaint1609
monstrate1609
evince1610
evince1611
improve1613
remonstrance1621
to make out1653
ascertain1670
to bring off1674
to make (something) to through1675
render1678
substantiatea1691
establisha1704
to bring out1727
realize1763
validate1775
a1691 T. Barlowe Several Cases of Conscience (1692) 118 He seems rather to be appointed to substantiate Proceedings on the other side, than to defend the Marriage on this.
1780 F. Spilsbury Free Observ. Scurvy 108 Where is the value of opinion, unless substantiated by facts?
1788 Gentleman's & London Mag. Nov. 604/1 The petitioners against the Police act should..have liberty to substantiate the allegation of their petition.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1816) I. 55 That this substantiates the charge of cruelty against us I altogether deny.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 514 There is nothing to substantiate his integrity or competency.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 3/1 The results seem to substantiate the claims of the Professor.
1948 C. E. Shannon in Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. July 394 The quantity H has a number of interesting properties which further substantiate it as a reasonable measure of choice or information.
1976 S. A. Levitan & R. Taggart Promise of Greatness v. 110 The report..was essentially an attempt to substantiate this ideology.
2009 Nature 10 Dec. 735/1 He was accused of being a communist spy—allegations that have never been substantiated.
5. transitive. To give solidity to (something); to make firm, to strengthen; to affirm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > make stable, establish [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
grounda1300
confirmc1300
establec1386
settlec1386
establish1533
entrench?1587
fix1605
stabilitate1642
substantiate1792
stabilify1871
stabilize1875
freeze1936
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > strengthen or confirm immaterial things [verb (transitive)]
strengha1175
strengthc1200
astrengthc1250
strength1340
confirmc1386
affirma1393
forcec1430
renforce?1473
corrobore1485
re-enforcec1485
reinforcec1485
stronga1500
consolidate?a1547
strengthen1546
sinewize1600
sinew1625
confortate1651
nervate1682
scaffolda1693
corroborate1698
substantiate1792
nerve1856
stouten1887
affirm1899
toughen1901
to put stuffing into1938
1792 V. Knox Sermons vi. 150 He would not imbitter their enjoyments, but he would sweeten and substantiate them, by giving them a better foundation.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 319 Our lighter thoughts require the graver to substantiate them and keep them from evaporating.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 450 To pass through France..in a manner so..confidential as..might contribute towards substantiating his relations with Francis.
1919 Art in Amer. Oct. 229 The function here of outline as well as of modelling is at once to substantiate the structure and qualify its suggestions.
1988 R. Gibbons in Raritan Spring 138 Typing and printing make these letters universally intelligible..and so substantiate, validate, and encourage the reader.
2000 J. Cummings World Food: Thailand 250/1 Baby corn, cauliflower and various greens, substantiated with pieces of chicken, shrimp or ground pork.
Derivatives
subˈstantiative adj. that substantiates something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective]
demonstrativec1405
showablea1500
declarativea1536
showing1552
probatory1593
convictive1634
verifying1634
evincing1641
demonstrating1648
endeictic1656
probative1678
substantiative1794
proving1824
demonstrational1833
verificatory1834
verificative1860
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [adjective]
strengthening1571
corroborative1711
substantiativea1834
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > making solid or stable
substantiativea1834
stabilizing1935
stabilization1940
1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 164 Peculiarly, for This sacred and gracious Use..are those parts of the Elements the most substantiative and nutrative by Nature combined and properest for simple food.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 71 The conscience is to the spirit or reason what the understanding is to the sense, a substantiative power.
2000 N. Rescher Realistic Pragmatism iv. 112 There is bound to be a parallelism between applicative efficacy and substantiative justification.
subˈstantiator n. a person who, or thing which, substantiates something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > one who proves
demonstrationer?1589
demonstrator1593
verifier1648
prover1741
demonstrationist1828
substantiator1840
1840 W. H. Tucker Serm. ii. 47 Judgement..is as an auxiliary, not as a moving agent; as the substantiator of impressions received.
1906 Cornhill Mag. May 663 What value he has is that of the substantiator of other accounts.
2009 M. R. Quinn Hysteria, Hypnotism, Spirits, & Pornography iii. 108 In the 1880s the doctor/hypnotist became a required figure in the fictional text as a substantiator of the reality of fictional events.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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