Corroborant

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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"

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of a medicine that is strengthening wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 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

Etymology 1

From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.

Etymology 2

From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.

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