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1. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
   "his story substantiated my doubts";
   - confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, affirm
    
2. Represent in bodily form
   "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist";
   - incarnate, body forth, embody
    
3. Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
   "our ideas must be substantiated into actions";
   - realize, realise [Brit], actualize, actualise [Brit]
    
4. Solidify, firm, or strengthen
   "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

Derived forms: substantiated, substantiates, substantiating

Type of: be, beef up, create, fortify, make, strengthen

Encyclopedia: Substantiate