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cor·rob·o·ra·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifyingadjective

    serving to support or corroborate

    "collateral evidence"

Wiktionary

  1. corroborativenoun

    a medical tonic; a corroborant

  2. corroborativeadjective

    Serving to corroborate

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Corroborativeadjective

    Having the power of increasing strength.

    Etymology: from corroborate.

    In the cure of an ulcer, with a moist intemperies, as the heart is weakened by too much humidity, you are to mix corroboratives of an astringent faculty; and the ulcer also requireth to be dried. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

Wikipedia

  1. corroborative

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

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  1. corroborative

    Corroborative refers to something that confirms, supports or verifies a pre-existing fact, statement or proposition. It's often used in the context of evidence or testimony in legal situations or in research, indicating that the information given strengthens or validates the argument or finding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Corroborativeadjective

    tending to strengthen of confirm

  2. Corroborativenoun

    a medicine that strengthens; a corroborant

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. corroboratif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of corroborative in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of corroborative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of corroborative in a Sentence

  1. W. S. Gilbert:

    Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

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