corroborant

[ kuh-rob-er-uhnt ]

adjective
  1. corroborating; confirming.

  2. Archaic. strengthening; invigorating, as a medicine.

noun
  1. something that corroborates or strengthens.

  2. Archaic. a strengthening medicine.

Origin of corroborant

1
1620–30; <Latin corrōborant- (stem of corrōborāns) strengthening, present participle of corrōborāre.See corroborate, -ant

Other words from corroborant

  • un·cor·rob·o·rant, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for corroborant

corroborant

/ (kəˈrɒbərənt) /


adjectivearchaic
  1. serving to corroborate

  2. strengthening

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