substancedadj.
/ˈsʌbst(ə)nst/, U.S. /ˈsəbstənst/ rare.
Frequently as past participle.† 1. Provided or supplied with wealth. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off
wellc1405
sufficient1436
full?1483
suffisant1484
beina1525
warmc1571
well-breeched1571
meaned1605
well-meaned1605
well-lined1611
substanced?1614
well-circumstanced1643
forehanded1658
uppish1678
easy1701
brownstone1780
forehand1784
solid1788
well-to-do1794
snug1801
strong farmer1802
well-fixed1822
unindigent1830
well off1842
fixed1844
comfortably offc1850
heeled1871
well-heeled1871
well in1888
independent1893
?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iv. 49 This Pallace here, (..furnished so well; And substanced with such a precious deale Of well-got treasure).
2. Of a specified or particular kind of substance.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > of a specific kind of substance
substanced1624
1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xi. 43 Your slender Maxims, and false Forgeryes, Are substanc't, like the dust, that flies besides me.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Diamond The stone here described is said to be a full substanced Brilliant.
1925 Dial 79 512 The coupling and going off of the two gaseously substanced lovers.
3. Made into a substance; made substantial, substantiated.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > proved
proveda1382
convictc1475
probate?1511
comprobate1523
proven1533
persuaded1538
scientifical1588
verified1594
approved1600
approven1609
averred1641
examined1723
substanced1773
clenched1815
made-out1820
open-and-shut1841
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > made into a substance
substanced1873
1773 H. Mackenzie Prince of Tunis i. 8 There is some hidden power More forcible than are a thousand reasons Substanc'd in fullest proof.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xxxiv. 443 If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness.
1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 129 Blessed are the appetites which feed on God's immortality; for His immortality shall be substanced in them.
1944 E. C. Mongredien tr. E. Swedenborg Doctr. of Uses 69 Nor is the Understanding some abstract spiritual thing, but a ‘subject’, substanced and formed for the reception of wisdom.
2009 J. Alison Sisters Antipodes 228 She chose what she wanted, and we left with packets of substanced color with which she would create paintings that were inscrutable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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