CORROBORATE DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
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] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 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 Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary 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 English Explanatory Dictionary 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)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms corroborate v. a. Strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 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 |
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