Definitions for: Circumstantiate


[v] give circumstantial evidence for



Webster (1913) Definition: Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating.]
[See Circumstantiating (?).]
1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with
particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]

If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might
will that freely which now it wills reluctantly.
--Bramhall.

2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into
details concerning.

Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these
particulars, which I have only touched in the
general. --State Trials
(1661).

See Also: corroborate, validate

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