substantiation (subs tans hi ash on)

[ This substantiation of shadows. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 382. The fact as claimed will find lasting substantiation . The American , VIII. 379. substantival (sub-stan-ti'val or sub's tan-tival), a. [ substantival is , substantival: see substantive .] 1. Pertaining to or having the character of a substantive. There remain several substantival and verbal formations for which a satisfactory explanation was not reached. Amer . Jour . Philol ., VI. 450. 2. Independent or self-dependent. The real is individual, self-existent, substantival .