circumstantiating
circumstantiating is the present participle and gerund of circumstantiate.
Meaning of circumstantiate
Verb
circumstantiate (third-person singular simple present circumstantiates, present participle circumstantiating, simple past and past participle circumstantiated)
- 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
- 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 circumstantiating
- What is circumstantiating the present participle and gerund of?
- Circumstantiating is the present participle and gerund of circumstantiate.
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