SUBSTANTIATE

• (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen

  "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

• (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

  "his story confirmed my doubts", "The evidence supports the defendant"

  synonyms : affirm , confirm , corroborate , support , sustain

• (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

  "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

  synonyms : actualise , actualize , realise , realize

• (verb) represent in bodily form

  "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system", "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

  synonyms : body forth , embody , incarnate

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