单词 | substantiation |
释义 | substantiationn. 1. The action of giving something substantial existence or form; incarnation (esp. of Christ); embodiment; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > the reality as opposed to what is apparent > substitution of reality for appearance substantiationa1631 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > incarnation fleshc1000 incarnation1297 carnationc1410 enfleshing1548 humanationa1631 substantiationa1631 anthropism1710 the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > concreteness > embodiment incarnation1615 concretion1642 corporality1642 incorporation1642 corporification1651 substantiation1770 embodiment1858 insubstantiation1867 bodiment1873 concretization1939 a1631 J. Donne LXXX Serm. (1640) vii. 72 Those names, by which the ancients designe this day, Christmas day, Athanasius calling it the Substantiation of Christ. 1671 J. V. Canes Three Lett. iii. v. 280 Nor do they ever trouble their heads to know,..what is substance; or what be accidents, or what substantiation. 1702 C. Leslie Serm. preached at Chester 60 Explaining the Manner of Christ's Presence in the Holy Sacrament,..he has not told us at all the Manner, whether by Substantiation, or Con-substantiation, or Trans-substantiation, or how otherwise. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 154 Her whole form seemed a condensing or substantiation of harmony and light. a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. x, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 382 These works are commonly considered as the produce of the school of Phidias, and the substantiation of his principles. 1863 A. B. Grosart Little Sins 30 What was thus shadowed out and prefigured in the Old Testament received absolute fulfilment and substantiation in the New Testament, or under the Gospel. 1868 J. R. Lowell in Nation 12 Nov. 390/1 This substantiation of shadows was but incidental, and pleasantly characteristic of the man to those who know and love him. 1906 Irish Monthly Apr. 205 There were queer suggestive bits of etching, shadowy substantiations of eerie-like thoughts. 1969 L. C. Faron Hawks of Sun i. 39 The substantiation of traditional values through the correct conduct of the marriage ceremony. 1999 R. A. Rappaport Ritual & Relig. v. 160 The substantiation of previously existing but incorporeal form. 2. The action of substantiating or proving a statement, etc.; a proof; a justification. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > act of proving, verification verifyinga1325 soothinga1400 averment1429 verefiancea1450 verment1472 justificationa1500 verification1523 demonstrating1598 evidencing1609 averral1611 averring1642 evincement1651 validation1656 substantiation1787 cross check1839 constatationa1916 1787 New Ann. Reg. 1786 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 157/1 Materials, indispensibly requisite for the complete substantiation of his charges. 1816 Q. Rev. Apr. 171 The charge has been very near capability of substantiation. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/1 He failed to cite a single case in substantiation of his words. 1925 Amer. Mercury May 62/2 Soon it will be possible..for substantiation of his later claims to have wallowed in all that luxury. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xi. 413 There is, at best, only a slight substantiation for the oft-repeated assertion. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. (Media section) 8 Self-assessment was too fragile a substantiation. ΚΠ 1835 S. T. Coleridge in Fraser's Mag. 12 623 All attempts at philosophical explication commenced in an effort of abstraction, aided by another function of the mind, for which I know no better name than substantiation; the identity of the thinker's own consciousness..was confounded with, and substituted for, the real substance of the thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631 |
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