circumstantiate

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verb

To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence

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Meanings

verbcircumstantiate (third-person singular simple present circumstantiates, present participle circumstantiating, simple past and past participle circumstantiated)

present singular third person circumstantiates · participle present circumstantiating · participle past circumstantiated · past circumstantiated

  1. To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence

    Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general.

    1661, State Trials
  2. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

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

    1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty

Origin

Blend of circumstantial + -ate.

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Translations

Portuguese circunstanciar
  • circunstanciarto give out circumstantial evidence
Cite this entry
APA

circumstantiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumstantiate

MLA

“circumstantiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumstantiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumstantiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumstantiate.

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