corroborate

[ verb kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adjective kuh-rob-er-it ]

/ verb kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; adjective kəˈrɒb ər ɪt /

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verb (used with object), cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing.

to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.

adjective

Archaic. confirmed.

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1 verify, authenticate, support, validate.

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Origin of corroborate

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin corrōborātus, past participle of corrōborāre “to strengthen,” equivalent to cor- “with, together” + rōbor(āre) “to make strong” (derivative of rōbor, rōbur “oak” hence, “strength”) + -ātus past participle suffix; see cor-, robust,-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM corroborate

cor·rob·o·ra·tive

[kuh-rob-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv], /kəˈrɒb əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv/, cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry, adjectivecor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, cor·rob·o·ra·to·ri·ly, adverbcor·rob·o·ra·tor, nounnon·cor·rob·o·rat·ing, adjective

non·cor·rob·o·ra·tive, adjectivenon·cor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, adverbnon·cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry, adjectiveun·cor·rob·o·rat·ed, adjectiveun·cor·rob·o·ra·tive, adjectiveun·cor·rob·o·ra·tive·ly, adverbun·cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry, adjective

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collaborate, corroborate

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corrigendum, corrigible, corrin, corrival, corroborant, corroborate, corroboration, corroboree, corrode, corrody, corrosion

How to use corroborate in a sentence

The authors used “best statistical practices” by corroborating their nationwide, county-level results with the individual results from Washington and Utah, says Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University.
Mandatory mail-in voting hurts neither Democratic nor Republican candidates|Sujata Gupta|August 26, 2020|Science News
Your site should include a detailed “About us” section that explains who you are, what you do and introduces your C-level executives, with links from relevant publications that corroborate your claims.
How to get a Knowledge Panel for your brand, even without Wikipedia|George Nguyen|August 3, 2020|Search Engine Land
That finding is also at least somewhat corroborated in this paper FiveThirtyEight contributor Lee Drutman published with the Voter Study Group earlier this year.
Trump Can’t Postpone The Election, But He Can Delegitimize The Results.|Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com)|July 30, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
This is corroborated by NASA, the guys who spend more time looking at the Earth than pretty much anyone else.
What Is The Difference Between “Weather” vs. “Climate”?|Brigid Walsh|July 26, 2020|Everything After Z

We conducted separate analyses using a different source of testing site locations and examined other testing-related data to corroborate our findings.
Which Cities Have The Biggest Racial Gaps In COVID-19 Testing Access?|Soo Rin Kim|July 22, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
But, Digital Globe satellite images dated March 17, 2014, corroborate their stories.
The Forgotten Genocidal War in Darfur Revealed in New Satellite Photos|Akshaya Kumar , Jacinth Planer|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(Read More on the Crisis in Ukraine) Old, numerous and bipartisan are the tales that corroborate this dreary hypothesis.
Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy|Michael Weiss|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Several interns corroborate the claim that banking interns are expected to work these types of never-ending shifts.
Bank of America Intern Dies After Reportedly Working Three Straight Days|Brandy Zadrozny|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Of course, the only reason we retell the story is precisely the data did corroborate Einstein's theory.
How Do We Know a Theory is Correct?|David Frum|April 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Other witnesses came forward to corroborate her testimony, although they refused to appear on camera.
BBC Director-General Faces Parliament in Jimmy Savile Affair. Can the BBC Restore Its Reputation?|Peter Jukes|October 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I have already produced an instance to point out this, and shall now corroborate it with another.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner
But things seemed to corroborate it so: I've heard people say the new lord was as a man who had some great care upon him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
She looked around for Melvin to corroborate her statement but he had vanished.
Dorothy's Travels|Evelyn Raymond
A heavy fit of coughing from the inner room now seemed to corroborate the suspicion.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever
My findings corroborate Davis' conclusion that D. oklahomae should stand as Dipodomys ordii oklahomae.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer

British Dictionary definitions for corroborate

corroborate

verb (kəˈrɒbəˌreɪt)

(tr) to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc), esp by providing fresh evidencethe witness corroborated the accused's statement

adjective (kəˈrɒbərɪt) archaic

serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc

(of a fact) corroborated

Derived forms of corroborate

corroboration, nouncorroborative (kəˈrɒbərətɪv) or corroboratory, adjectivecorroboratively, adverbcorroborator, noun

Word Origin for corroborate

C16: from Latin corrōborāre to invigorate, from rōborāre to make strong, from rōbur strength, literally: oak

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