Vocabulary Word
Word: substantiate
Definition: support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify
Definition: support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify
Sentences Containing 'substantiate'
It merely remains for me to substantiate these accusations; and then, with my ill-starred family, to disappear from the landscape on which we appear to be an encumbrance.
Lionel then goes on to impute the shock to an earthquake, and seems to substantiate the imputation by stating that a great earthquake, somewhere about that time, did actually do great mischief along the Spanish land.
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