circumstantiationn.
/səːkəmstanʃɪˈeɪʃən/ rare.
The action of circumstantiating.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > confirmation, corroboration
confirming1297
strengthc1400
affirmance1442
vidimus1513
corroborating1530
fortification1530
warranty1561
astipulation1618
support1629
corroboration1765
circumstantiation1841
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > specific or detailed mention, enumeration, etc. > providing with corroborative details
circumstantiation1841
1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 755/1 By inventing such little circumstantiations of any character or incident, as seem by their apparent inertness of effect, to verify themselves.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits 288 The building up and circumstantiation of this boyish dream.
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