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单词 circumstantiate
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circumstantiateadj.

Etymology: < Latin type *circumstantiātus: see -ate suffix2.
Obsolete.
= circumstantiated adj. (Now chiefly Scottish)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placed in particular circumstances
betide1470
circumstanced1611
circumstantiateda1628
circumstantiate1649
situated1702
conditioned1831
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed
specialc1449
particular1548
punctual1611
strict1645
syllabical1647
circumstantiate1649
circumstantiated1654
detaileda1779
intimate1817
inventorial1830
particularized1860
fine-grained1894
pinpoint1960
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. iii. 87 Let the meditation be as minute, particular, and circumstantiate as it may.
1670 H. Stubbe Censvre 18 This circumstantiate Limited infallibility.
1723 W. Buchanan Family Buchanan (1820) 140 Genealogies more exact and circumstantiate than the former.
1769 Scots Mag. Sept. 688/1 Evidence so circumstantiate as that which I have already observed.
1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 255 Circumstantiate details relative to the history of the work itself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

circumstantiatev.

/səːkəmˈstanʃ(ɪ)eɪt/
Etymology: < Latin type *circumstantiāre: see -ate suffix3. Compare French circonstancier (Cotgrave 1611).
1. ‘To place in certain circumstances, to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts’ (Johnson), to define or limit by imposed conditions. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > place in certain circumstances [verb (transitive)]
circumstantiate1638
circumstance1643
situate1896
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > with conditions
circumstancec1475
circumstantiate1638
condition1644
conditionate1848
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) v. 72 [A] man not circumstantiated with any office.
1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 118 A Committee to consider how that title [Lord Protector] may be bounded, limited, and circumstantiated.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 70 We take Care so to Time, Accommodate, and Circumstantiate our good Discourses that they may really do good.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xii. 342 God..So circumstantiated the Black Designs.
2. To set forth, narrate, or support, with circumstances or particulars. (Not in Johnson.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > deal with or relate in detail
detail1650
circumstantiate1658
to run out1839
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > with circumstances
circumstantiate1658
1658–9 Onslow in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 297 You ought first to have a charge before you, that may circumstantiate time and place.
1760 E. Montagu Let. 10 Sept. (1813) IV. 298 The story..dwelt upon, circumstantiated, and as it were represented..deviates into the comic.
1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 754/2 De Foe..has so plausibly circumstantiated his false historical records, as to make them pass for genuine, even with..critics.

Derivatives

circumˈstantiating n. and adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun]
qualification1529
conditioning1530
modification1603
quality1622
conditionating1623
circumstantiatinga1652
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > action of placing in certain circumstances
circumstantiatinga1652
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] > placing or positioning in certain circumstances
circumstantiatinga1652
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > imposing conditions
circumstantiatinga1652
stipulatory1658
savinga1662
reserving1670
stipulating1737
qualificatory1739
conditioning1860
conditionating1888
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ix. viii. 432 Those circumstantiating and streightning conditions of Time and Place.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ii. 33 The comparative circumstantiating of that action.
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 503 Symbols, not characterized by the farther circumstantiating lines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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