corroborate

The definition of corroborate is to take an action to make something more certain.

(verb)

An example of corroborate is to provide details that explain what happened at a crime scene.

See corroborate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Obsolete to strengthen
to make more certain the validity of; confirm; bolster; support: evidence to corroborate his testimony

Origin: < L corroboratus, pp. of corroborare, to strengthen < com-, intens. + roborare < robur, strength: see robust

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See corroborate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates

To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm.

Origin:

Origin: Latin corrōborāre, corrōborāt-

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + rōborāre, to strengthen (from rōbur, rōbor-, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

cor·robˈo·raˌtive (-ə-rāˌtĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv), cor·robˈo·ra·toˌry (-ər-ə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

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