Sub"stance, v. t. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply
property to; to make rich. [Obs.]
Sub"stance*less, a. Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] Coleridge.
Sub"stant (?), a. [L. substans, -antis, p. pr. of substare to be firm.]
Substantial; firm. [R.] "[The glacier's] substant ice." The Century.
Sub*stan"tial (?), a. [F. substantiel, L. substantialis.] 1. Belonging
to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. Milton.
If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial
agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar.
Bentley.
2. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true;
veritable.
If happinessbe a substantial good.
Denham.
The substantial ornaments of virtue.
L'Estrange.
3. Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things."
Shak.
The rainbow [appears to be] a large substantial arch.