substantiation (ti as shi)

[SUBSTANTIATE.] The act of substantiating or proving; proof, evidence. IMG:content-0498.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective : substractor sub-sti-tü-tion, *sub-sti-tu-ci-on, subst . [Fr., from Lat. substitutionem, acc us. of substitutio , from substitutus = substitute (q. v.); Sp. substitu cion; Ital. sustituzione , sostituzione .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another to serve the same purpose. "The Rabbin of the Jews who lived since the dispersion of the nation, thought all would be well if for tutelar deities they substituted tutelar angels. From this substitution the system which I have described arose."Bp. Horsley: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 29. 2. The state of being substituted or put in the place of another to serve the same purpose. *3. The office of a substitute; delegated authority. "He did believe He was the Duke from substitution, And executing th' outward face of royalty." Shakesp.: Tempest , i. 2. II. Technically : 1. Alg.: The operation of putting one quantity in place of another, to which it is equal, but differently expre ed. 2. Chem .: A term denoting the replacing of one IMG:content-0499.png:[blocks in formation] "Every noun which in conjunction with a verb makes a complete sentence is called a substantive." Wilkins: Real Character , pt. iii., ch. i. substantive-colors, s . pl . Dyeing: Colors which, in the proce of dyeing, remain fixed or permanent without the intervention of other substances, as distinguished from adjective colors, which require the aid of mordants to fix them. *sub-stan-tive, v . t . [SUBSTANTIVE, a.] To convert into or use as a substantive. IMG:content-0500.png:[blocks in formation] Moreover it is to be observ'd, that the personal pro nouns, and any of the rest being substantively , are capable of number and case."-Wilkins: Real Character, pt. iii., ch. ii.