· establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

Synonym(s): confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, affirm

· represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

Synonym(s): incarnate, body_forth, embody

Hypernym(s): be

· make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

Synonym(s): realize, realise, actualize, actualise

Hypernym(s): make, create

· solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

Hypernym(s): strengthen, beef_up, fortify

· serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

Synonym(s): collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying