Defn: Essential parts. Ayliffe.
SUBSTANTIATE
Sub*stan"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substantiated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Substantiating.]
1. To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe.
2. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration. Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. Coleridge.
SUBSTANTIATION
Sub*stan`ti*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
SUBSTANTIVAL
Sub`stan*ti"val, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of
substantive.
— Sub`stan*ti"val*ly, adv.
SUBSTANTIVE
Sub"stan*tive, a. Etym: [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.