corroborate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + rōborō (“I strengthen”), from rōbur (“strength”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)
- (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
- 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
- The concurrence of all […] corroborates the same truth.
- (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
- 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC, paragraph:
- As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]To confirm or support with additional evidence
To make strong; to strengthen
Further reading
[edit]- “corroborate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “corroborate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “corroborate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]corroborate
- inflection of corroborare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]corroborate f pl
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]corrōborāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]corroborate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of corroborar combined with te
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