10 definitions found for corroborate

Corroborate CORROBORATE, v.t. [L., to strengthen, strength.]
1. To strengthen; to make strong, or to give additional strength to; as, to corroborate the nerves; to corroborate the judgment, authority or habits.
2. To confirm; to make more certain. The news was doubtful, but is corroborated by recent advices.

corroborate v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate] 2: give evidence for [syn: validate, corroborate] 3: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [syn: corroborate, underpin, bear out, support]

corroborate transitive verb (-rated; -rating) Etymology: Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare, from com- + robor-, robur strength Date: 1529 to support with evidence or authority ; make more certain Synonyms: see confirm • corroboration noun • corroborative adjective • corroborator noun • corroboratory adjective

corroborate
v.tr. confirm or give support to (a statement or belief, or the person holding it), esp. in relation to witnesses in a law court.
Derivatives:
corroboration n. corroborative adj. corroborator n. corroboratory adj.
Etymology: L corroborare strengthen (as COM-, roborare f. robur -oris strength)

corroborate (corroborates, corroborating, corroborated) To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it. (FORMAL) I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story... = confirm VERB: V n • corroboration He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident. = confirmation N-UNCOUNT

corroborate kəˈrɔbəreɪt v.tr. confirm or give support to (a statement or belief, or the person holding it), esp. in relation to witnesses in a law court. øøcorroboration n. corroborative adj. corroborator n. corroboratory adj. [L corroborare strengthen (as COM-, roborare f. robur -oris strength)]

Corroborate Cor*rob"o*rate (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Corroborate Cor*rob"o*rate (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts. 2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. --I. Taylor.

corroborate v. a. Strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support.

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "corroborate": affirm, attest, authenticate, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, certify, circumstantiate, confirm, document, fortify, justify, probate, prove, ratify, reinforce, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, undergird, uphold, validate, verify, warrant