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verb (used with object)
1.
to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
adjective
2.
Archaic. confirmed.
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Corroborate
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Origin:
1520–30; < Latin corrōborātus past participle of corrōborāre to strengthen, equivalent to cor- cor- + rōbor(āre) to make strong (derivative of rōbor, rōbur oak (hence, strength); see robust) + -ātus -ate1
1520–30; < Latin corrōborātus past participle of corrōborāre to strengthen, equivalent to cor- cor- + rōbor(āre) to make strong (derivative of rōbor, rōbur oak (hence, strength); see robust) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
cor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, cor·rob·o·ra·to·ri·ly, adverb
cor·rob·o·ra·tor, noun
non·cor·rob·o·rat·ing, adjective
non·cor·rob·o·ra·tive, adjective
EXPANDnon·cor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, adverb
non·cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry, adjective
un·cor·rob·o·rat·ed, adjective
un·cor·rob·o·ra·tive, adjective
un·cor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, adverb
un·cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
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| corroborate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc), esp by providing fresh evidence: the witness corroborated the accused's statement |
| —adj | |
| 2. | serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc |
| 3. | (of a fact) corroborated |
| [C16: from Latin corrōborāre to invigorate, from rōborāre to make strong, from rōbur strength, literally: oak] | |
| corrobo'ration | |
| —n | |
| corroborative | |
| —adj | |
| cor'roboratory | |
| —adj | |
| cor'roboratively | |
| —adv | |
| cor'roborator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
corroborate
early 16c., "to give (legal) confirmation to," from L. corroborat-, pp. stem of corroborare "to strengthen, invigorate," from cor- (see com-) "together" (perhaps here intens.) + roborare "to make strong," from robur, robus "strength," (see
EXPAND robust). Meaning "to strengthen by evidence, to confirm" is from 1706. Sometimes in early use the word also has its literal Latin sense, especially of medicines. Related: Corroborated (1822); corroborating (1520s); corroborative (1580s).
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