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circumstantiated, ppl. a.|sɜːkəmˈstænʃɪeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. vb. + -ed.]
†1. Placed in particular circumstances; affected by circumstances, circumstanced, conditioned. Obs.
a1628Preston Breastp. Faith (1630) 112 If you think your sinnes so circumstantiated..that though others have been forgiven yet you cannot. 1692Ray Disc. iii. xii. (1732) 440 A moderate and well circumstantiated use of Pleasures. 1888U. Presbyt. Mag. 394 The question..of sustaining a call as it was presently circumstantiated.
b. spec. of material circumstances or condition.
1712Swift Public Spirit Whigs, A number infinitely superior and the best circumstantiated..are for the succession in the House of Hanover.
2. Detailed; declared with circumstance.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 3. 1699 Burnet 39 Art. xix. (1700) 176 Express and circumstantiated Prophecies. 1756J. Warton Ess. Pope (1782) I. §2. 20 The Stag-chase..is not so full, so animated, and so circumstantiated, as that of Somerville. 1823Bentham Not Paul 365 The circumstantiated and dramatic style of this part of the narrative. |