corroborant

[ kuh-rob-er-uhnt ]

/ kəˈrɒb ər ənt /

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adjective

corroborating; confirming.

Archaic. strengthening; invigorating, as a medicine.

noun

something that corroborates or strengthens.

Archaic. a strengthening medicine.

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Origin of corroborant

1620–30; <Latin corrōborant- (stem of corrōborāns) strengthening, present participle of corrōborāre.See corroborate, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM corroborant

un·cor·rob·o·rant, adjective

Words nearby corroborant

Corrigan's pulse, corrigendum, corrigible, corrin, corrival, corroborant, corroborate, corroboration, corroboree, corrode, corrody

How to use corroborant in a sentence

And this is a new corroborant of one among the noblest of intellectual truths, viz.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 569|Various
In veterinary practice the powdered seed is used as a carminative, pectoral, and corroborant.
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British Dictionary definitions for corroborant

corroborant

/ (kəˈrɒbərənt) /

adjective archaic

serving to corroborate

strengthening

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