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Corroborant
Definitions
- 1 strengthening; supporting; corroborating archaic
"There be divers sorts of bracelets fit to comfort the spirits ; and they be of three intentions ; refrigerant, corroborant, and aperient"
- 1 used of a medicine that is strengthening wordnet
- 1 Anything that gives strength or support; a tonic. archaic
"The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants."
- 2 Something that corroborates. archaic
"As a scrupulous and faithful antiquary, Morales was accustomed to require evidence, and to investigate it; and for these he could find no other testimony than tradition and antiquity, which, as presumptive proofs, were strong corroborants of faith, but did not suffice of themselves."
Etymology
From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
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