Thesaurus: circumstantiate

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1. v. t. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
2. v. t. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
3. v. give circumstantial evidence for
4. 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall. 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to entr into details concerning. Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials (1661).
5. v. give circumstantial evidence for