Substantials
(Sub*stan"tials) n. pl. Essential parts. Ayliffe.
Substantiate
(Sub*stan"ti*ate) v. t. [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. Substantiation
(Sub*stan`ti*a"tion) n. The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
Substantival
(Sub`stan*ti"val) a. Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive. — Sub`stan*ti"val*ly,
adv.
Substantive
(Sub"stan*tive) a. [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. Depending on itself; independent.
He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the
foreigner.
Bacon. 3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner.
Hazlitt. 4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
— Substantive color, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; — opposed
to adjective color.
Substantive
(Sub"stan*tive), n. [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.) A noun or name; the part of speech which
designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words
man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
Substantive
(Sub"stan*tive), v. t. To substantivize. [R.] Cudworth.
Substantively
(Sub"stan*tive*ly), adv.
1. In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
2. (Gram.) As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
Substantiveness
(Sub"stan*tive*ness), n. The quality or state of being substantive.
Substantivize
(Sub"stan*tiv*ize) v. t. To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective.
Fitzed. Hall.
Substile
(Sub"stile`) n. (Dialing) See Substyle.
Substituent
(Sub*stit"u*ent) n. [L. substituens, p. pr. See Substitute.] (Chem.) Any atom, group, or
radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
