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circumstantiate

circumstantiate verb: to describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence.

Verb

circumstantiate (third-person singular simple present circumstantiates, present participle circumstantiating, simple past and past participle circumstantiated)

  1. To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence
    • Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general.1661, State Trials
  2. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
    • If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty

Forms of circumstantiate

third-person singular presentcircumstantiates
present participlecircumstantiating
past participlecircumstantiated
pastcircumstantiated

Origin of circumstantiate

Blend of circumstantial + -ate.

Questions about circumstantiate

What does circumstantiate mean?
Circumstantiate means to describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence.
What part of speech is circumstantiate?
Circumstantiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of circumstantiate?
The past tense of circumstantiate is circumstantiated.

Words near circumstantiate in the dictionary

  1. circumstantialities
  2. circumstantiality
  3. circumstantially
  4. circumstantialness
  5. circumstantials
  6. circumstantiate
  7. circumstantiated
  8. circumstantiates
  9. circumstantiating
  10. circumstantiation
  11. circumstantiations

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