SUBSTANTIATING Synonyms

• the act of rendering a person legitimate

• the act of making lawful

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• serving to support or corroborate

• serving to support or corroborate

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity

• give testimony in a court of law

• establish or verify the usage of

• establish the authenticity of something

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• guarantee payment on; of checks

• authorize officially

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• declare legally insane

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• give evidence for

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• set up or found

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• institute, enact, or establish

• bring about

• place

• build or establish something abstract

• use as a basis for; found on

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• an indication that makes something evident

• (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• provide evidence for

• give evidence

• show to be right by providing justification or proof

• (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin

• adjust the spaces between words

• be shown or be found to be

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for

• prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• increase in volume

• cause to puff up with a leaven

• take a trial impression of

• obtain probate of

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• show to be right by providing justification or proof

• maintain, uphold, or defend

• clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

• represent or describe realistically

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

• represent or describe realistically

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• say yes to

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• strengthen or make more firm

• make more firm

• support a person for a position

• administer the rite of confirmation to