Corroborate
[kə'rɒbəreɪt] or [kə'rɑbəret]
Definition
(verb.) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; 'The stories and claims were born out by the evidence'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
(v. t.) To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
(a.) Corroborated.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strengthen, confirm, fortify, support
ANT:Weaken, invalidate, shake, confute, rebut, enfeeble
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Definition
v.t. to confirm: to make more certain.—adjs. Corrob′orant Corrob′orative tending to confirm.—n. that which corroborates.—ns. Corroborā′tion confirmation; Corrob′orator.—adj. Corrob′oratory corroborative.
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Examples
- And in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Torith took a half step toward the entrance to the pool as though to corroborate my story. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My dear fellow, said he, it was one of the first solutions which occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor's tale. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The hue and cry going off to the Hulks, and people coming thence to examine the iron, Joe's opinion was corroborated. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Stepney exclaimed; and Lord Hubert, dropping his single eye-glass, corroborated: It's the Sabrina--yes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Am I already corroborated, Bella? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His conjecture was corroborated at Glen Tilt (and in the island of Arran). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She came next day with a little boy of three years old, and a little girl of two, and he stood entirely corroborated. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a terrible pause; and terrible to every ear were the corroborating sounds of opening doors and passing footsteps. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Well, it corroborates the young man's story to the extent that the will was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre in his journey yesterday. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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