corroborant

[ kuh-rob-er-uhnt ]

adjective

1. corroborating; confirming.
2. Archaic. strengthening; invigorating, as a medicine.

noun

1. something that corroborates or strengthens.
2. Archaic. a strengthening medicine.

corroborant

/ kəˈrɒbərənt /

adjective

1. serving to corroborate
2. strengthening

Other Words From

• uncor·robo·rant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corroborant¹

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

Example Sentences

And this is a new corroborant of one among the noblest of intellectual truths, viz.

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In veterinary practice the powdered seed is used as a carminative, pectoral, and corroborant.

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