| VERB | cognition | substantiate, confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, affirm | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
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| stative | substantiate, incarnate, body forth, embody | represent in bodily form | |
| creation | substantiate, realize, realise, actualize, actualise | make real or concrete | |
| change | substantiate | solidify, firm, or strengthen |
| Sounds | sahbstae'nchiyey.t; sahbstae'nshiyey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, affirm | |
| Narrower | back, back up | Establish as valid or genuine |
| document | support or supply with references | |
| prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew | Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment / experiment | |
| validate | prove valid | |
| verify | confirm the truth of | |
| vouch | Give supporting evidence | |
| Opposite | negate, contradict | prove negative |
| Spanish | comprobar, confirmar, constatar, corroborar, ratificar, reafirmar, revalidar, sustanciar | |
| Catalan | confirmar, constatar, corroborar, reafirmar | |
| Adjectives | substantiative | serving to support or corroborate / corroborate / corroborate |
| Nouns | substantiation | the act of validating |
| substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | |
| Meaning | represent in bodily form. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" | |
| Synonyms | incarnate, body forth, embody | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | encarnar, materializar, personificar, representar | |
| Catalan | encarnar | |
| Meaning | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" | |
| Synonyms | realize, realise, actualize, actualise | |
| Narrower | express | manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) |
| incarnate | make concrete and real | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | actualizar, advertir, realizar, sustanciar | |
| Catalan | adonar-se, advertir | |
| Meaning | solidify, firm, or strengthen. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country" | |
| Broader | strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
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