The usual explanation of the obelisk is that it represented the rays of the sun striking the earth: when we speak of sun worship later, we shall see that this substantiates rather than refutes the phallic interpretation.
This furnishes a concrete instance in which the mound of earth is of phallic significance, and substantiates an interpretation of serpent worship to which we shall presently refer.
Instances have been found of another remarkable and complex custom that substantiates this 'magical' interpretation.
A man's inability to heal, on the Principle of Christian Science, substantiates his ignorance of its Principle and practice, and incapacitates him for correct comment.
The usual explanation of the obelisk is that it represented the rays of the sun striking the earth; when we speak of sun worship later, we shall see that this substantiates rather than refutes the phallic interpretation.
The evidence, then, which substantiates the greatest and first of truths mainly depends on a principle perfectly familiar and perfectly recognised.
After the aboriginal Ainos had been once subdued by their Asiatic conquerors, history substantiates the claim of Japan to the title of "The Land of Great Peace.
The above mentioned report by the Geological Survey, embracing all or the greater number of the clays of the State of New Jersey, gives much valuable information, and farthersubstantiates our view.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "substantiates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
