1) Affirm 2) Confirm 3) Corroborate 4) Give body to 5) Give reality or substance to 6) Make real or concrete 7) Represent in bodily form 8) Solidify, firm, or strengthen 9) Support 10) Sustain 11) To affirm as having substance 12) To embody 13) To record in documents Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/substantiate
• (v. t.) To make to exist; to make real. • (v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/substantiate/
Sub·stan'ti·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Substantiated ; present participle & verbal noun Substantiating .] 1. To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe. 2. To establish the existence or truth... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/228
to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge. · to give substantial existence to: to substantiate an idea through action. · to affirm as having substance; give body to; strengthen: to substantiate a friendship. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/substantiate