circumstantiate verb2 •To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidenceNeither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. — 1661 •To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. — 1655 formscircumstantiated · circumstantiating · circumstantiates