Main entry: substantiate
Definition: solidify, firm, or strengthen
Usage: The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country
Main entry: affirm, substantiate, support, sustain, corroborate, confirm
Definition: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Usage: his story confirmed my doubts; The evidence supports the defendant
Main entry: substantiate, actualise, actualize, realise, realize
Definition: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Usage: our ideas must be substantiated into actions
Main entry: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
Definition: represent in bodily form
Usage: He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system; The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist