corroborate
Use Corroborate in a sentence
cor·rob·o·rate
[v. kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adj. kuh-rob-er-it] verb, cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, adjective 
əˌreɪt; verb (used with object)
1.
to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
adjective
2.
Archaic. confirmed.
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
non·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
Synonyms
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
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World English Dictionary
| 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
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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Example sentences
But there is not yet unequivocal archaeological evidence to corroborate this story.
There is demographic information to corroborate this possibility.
But this particular story was too outsize to ignore, and the quest to corroborate it took on a life of its own.
It might be possible to contact him to corroborate the story.
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