corroborate

Verb
Synonyms: confirmsustainsubstantiatesupportaffirmvalidateunderpinbear out

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts“his story confirmed my doubts”“The evidence supports the defendant”Synonyms: confirmsustainsubstantiatesupportaffirm
  2. give evidence forSynonyms: validate
  3. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm“The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”Synonyms: underpinbear outsupport
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]

1.To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

2.To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [1913 Webster]

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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