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Definition of Circumstantiate
1. Verb. Give circumstantial evidence for.
Definition of Circumstantiate
1. v. t. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
Definition of Circumstantiate
1. Verb. To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence ¹
2. Verb. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circumstantiate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumstantiate
Literary usage of Circumstantiate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"I will admit further, that circumstantiate evidence, •when clear, is perhaps the
most satisfying and convincing proof of any. Circumstances are inflexible ..."
2. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"Whv, the murderer had on a coat of the pannel'a when he committed the brutal
action, and got money from him after it. Here is the proof; a circumstantiate ..."
3. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Sir Egerton Brydges (1808)
"circumstantiate or moral evidence is often stronger because it hangs on many
dependent ... The pursuer offers circumstantiate evidence to roi. vzn. ..."
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