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circumstantiate

verb

Etymology

Blend of circumstantial + -ate.

  1. borrowed from -ātus
  2. compounded as circumstantiate — “circumstantial + -ate”

Definitions

  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.

  2. To place in particular circumstances

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA