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Corroborate
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- 1 Corroborated. obsolete
"There is no Truſting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Brauery of Words; except it be Corroborate by Cuſtome."
- 2 Vigorous, grown strong. obsolete
"But how unjust this traducement is (if you will reduce things from popularity of opinion to measure of reason) may appear in that we see men are more curious what they put into a new vessel than into a vessel seasoned, and what mould they lay about a young plant than about a plant corroborate; […]"
- 1 To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for. transitive
"The concurrence of all […]corroborates the same truth."
- 2 establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts wordnet
- 3 To make strong; to strengthen. transitive
"As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby."
- 4 give evidence for wordnet
- 5 support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm wordnet
Etymology
First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic.
First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic.
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