Cir·cum·stan·ti·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating ]
1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]
If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall.
2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661).
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