From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substantiate \Sub*stan"ti*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Substantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Substantiating}.]
1. To make to exist; to make real. --Ayliffe.
2. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiative}, {validating}, {validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
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