Definitions for corroborate
kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtcor·rob·o·rate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirmverb

   establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

   "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

2. validate, corroborateverb

   give evidence for

3. corroborate, underpin, bear out, supportverb

   support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

   "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corroborateverb

   To confirm, strengthen or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CORROBORATEverb

   Etymology: con and roboro, Latin.

   1. To confirm; to establish.

   Niccolo Machiavelli well noteth, though in an ill-favoured instance, there is no trusting to the force of nature, nor to the bravery of words, except it be corroborate by custom. Francis Bacon.

   2. To strengthen; to make strong.

   To fortify imagination there be three ways; the authority whence the belief is derived, means to quicken and corroborate the imagination, and means to repeat it and refresh it. Francis Bacon.

   It was said that the prince himself had, by the sight of foreign courts, and observations on the different natures of people, and rules of government, much excited and awaked his spirits, and corroborated his judgment. Henry Wotton.

   As any limb well and duly exercised grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. Isaac Watts.

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1. corroborate

   Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in law.

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1. corroborate

   To corroborate means to provide or give evidence that supports or confirms a statement, theory, or finding; to make more certain or validate.

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1. Corroborateverb

   to make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen

2. Corroborateverb

   to make more certain; to confirm; to establish

3. Corroborateadjective

   corroborated

4. Etymology: [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corroborate

   kor-ob′o-rāt, 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. [L. cor, inten., and roborāre, -ātum, to make strong. See Robust.]

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1. Corroborate

   Collaborate vs. Corroborate -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Collaborate and Corroborate.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of corroborate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of corroborate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of corroborate in a Sentence

1. Senate Republicans:

   The four witnesses she named could not corroborate any of the events of that evening gathering where she says the assault occurred.

2. Jacinda Ardern:

   We haven't received anything officially nor have we received any intelligence reports that corroborate what has been said in Sri Lanka, sri Lanka will be in the very early stages of its investigations. So we are simply stepping back and allowing them to undertake those, but we have nothing at this stage to corroborate what is being said.

3. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   I can see why they want to get off of zero, but the economy just hasn't really been able to corroborate.

4. Raj Shah:

   He just doesn’t believe [the claim], there is nothing to corroborate her claim.

5. Adam Schiff:

   At this point, we still can't corroborate the theory that terrorism brought it down or there was some structural problem with the plane, certainly, the backdrop is suggestive of terrorism in the sense that we have the Russian plane in Sharm el-Sheikh and we have the aspiration we've seen time and time again, not only of ISIL( Islamic State) now but of AQAP( al Qaeda), still very potent and still very determined to bring down aircraft.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=corroborate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corroborate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=corroborate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corroborate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corroborate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=corroborate