circumstantiate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate transitive verb

Etymology

See Circumstantiating ().

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Circumstantiated ; present participle & verbal noun Circumstantiating

Definitions

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).