| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To offer reasons for or a cause of: account for, explain, rationalize. See EXPLAIN. 2. To be a proper or sufficient occasion for: call for, occasion, warrant. See RIGHT. 3. To assure the certainty or validity of: attest, authenticate, back (up), bear out, confirm, corroborate, evidence, substantiate, testify (to), validate, verify, warrant. See SUPPORT, TRUE. 4. To support against arguments, attack, or criticism: apologize, defend, maintain, vindicate. Idioms: speak up for, stand up for, stick up for. See SUPPORT. 5. To show to be just, right, or valid: excuse, rationalize, vindicate. Idioms: make a case for. See RIGHT.
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