Cir'cum-stān’ti-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

(-shĭ-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CIRCUMSTANTIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CIRCUMSTANTIATING.] [See CIRCUMSTANCE.]

Sense 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [Rare.]

If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.

Sense 2. To confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.

Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials.