Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corroborate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (-r?t), a.
Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corroborate
v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his
story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the
defendant" [syn: {confirm}, {sustain}, {substantiate}, {support},
{affirm}] [ant: {negate}]
2: give evidence for [syn: {validate}]
3: support with evidence or authority : make more certain or
confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the
evidence" [syn: {underpin}, {bear out}, {support}]
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