証しょう拠こ立だてる

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Meanings

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ichidan verb, transitive verb

prove; substantiate; provide evidence for

Formal or legal-sounding verb for demonstrating the truth of a claim with concrete evidence.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの無む実じつを証しょう拠こ立だてるために、アリバイを提てい示じした。
He presented an alibi to prove his innocence.

このデータは仮か説せつを証しょう拠こ立だてるのに十じゅう分ぶんだ。

This data is sufficient to substantiate the hypothesis.

Written forms

証しょう拠こ立だてる
Standard kanji spelling.
証しょう拠こだてる
Variant with だてる in kana; less common but acceptable.

Kanji

証evidence, proof, certificate
拠foothold, based on, follow
立stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

証しょう明めいする
証明する is the general word for 'prove' and is more common in everyday and academic contexts. 証拠立てる is more formal and emphasizes providing concrete evidence.
裏うら付づける
裏付ける means 'to support' or 'corroborate' and is often used when evidence backs up a statement. 証拠立てる is stronger, implying a more definitive proof.

Etymology

Compound of 証拠 (しょうこ, 'evidence') + 立てる (たてる, 'to establish'). The verb 立てる here carries the sense of 'to make something stand' or 'to establish', so the whole means 'to establish evidence'.