verb transitiveWord forms: ˌcircumˈstantiˌated or ˌcircumˈstantiˌating
to verify in every particular; give detailed proof or support of
Derived forms
circumstantiation (ˌcircumˌstantiˈation)
noun
circumstantiate in American English
(ˌsɜːrkəmˈstænʃiˌeit)
transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating
1.
to set forth or support with circumstances or particulars
Documents circumstantiated her evidence
2.
to describe fully or minutely
He circumstantiated the accident
Derived forms
circumstantiation
noun
Word origin
[1640–50; ‹ L circumstanti(a) circumstance + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: elevator, generator, liaison, selection, submarine-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)