circumstantiatedadj.
/səːkəmˈstanʃɪeɪtɪd/ a. Placed in particular circumstances; affected by circumstances, circumstanced, conditioned. Obsolete.
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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 mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > limited by conditions
qualified1538
circumstantiateda1628
conditional1837
conditioned1842
a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1630) 112 If you think your sinnes so circumstantiated..that though others have been forgiven yet you cannot.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. xii. 226 A moderate and well circumstantiated use of pleasures.
1888 United Presbyterian Mag. 394 The question..of sustaining a call as it was presently circumstantiated.
b. spec. of material circumstances or condition.
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1714 J. Swift Publick Spirit Whigs 43 A number infinitely superior, and the best circumstantiated..are for the Succession in the House of Hanover.
2. Detailed; declared with circumstance.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by circumstances
presumptive1561
circumstantiala1616
moral1637
presumptuousa1639
circumstantiated1654
circumstanced1861
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
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 3.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xix. 176 Express and circumstantiated Prophecies.
1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. i. 20 The stag-chase..is not so full, so animated, and so circumstantiated, as that of Somerville.
1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 365 The circumstantiated and dramatic style of this part of the narrative.
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