Defn: To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.]
SUBSTANCELESS
Sub"stance*less, a.
Defn: Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] Coleridge.
SUBSTANT Sub"stant, a. Etym: [L. substans, -antis, p.pr. of substare to be firm.]
Defn: Substantial; firm. [R.] "[The glacier's] substant ice." The
Century.
SUBSTANTIAL
Sub*stan"tial, a. Etym: [F. substantiel, L. substantialis.]
1. Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. Milton. If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar. Bentley.
2. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true;
veritable.
If happinessbe a substantial good. Denham.
The substantial ornaments of virtue. L'Estrange.
3. Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." Shak. The rainbow [appears to be] a large substantial arch. I. Watts.
4. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.