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Corroborate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

Moby Thesaurus

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