Circumstantiate

Circumstantiate
Circumstantiate Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.] [See {Circumstantiating} (?).] [1913 Webster] 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] [1913 Webster]

If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall. [1913 Webster]

2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. [1913 Webster]

Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661). [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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