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circumstantiates

circumstantiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumstantiate.

Meaning of circumstantiate

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

Questions about circumstantiates

What is circumstantiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Circumstantiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of circumstantiate.

Words near circumstantiates in the dictionary

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

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