corroborate
- to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- Archaic. confirmed.
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authenticate, confirm, substantiate, verify, validate, justify, ratify, okay, prove, strengthen, approve, support, certify, sustain, endorse, document, establish, rubber-stampExamples from the Web for corroborate
Contemporary Examples of corroborate
But, Digital Globe satellite images dated March 17, 2014, corroborate their stories.
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March 25, 2014
(Read More on the Crisis in Ukraine) Old, numerous and bipartisan are the tales that corroborate this dreary hypothesis.
Of course, the only reason we retell the story is precisely the data did corroborate Einstein's theory.
Other witnesses came forward to corroborate her testimony, although they refused to appear on camera.
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October 23, 2012
Daisey appears to have intentionally misled the producers and to have lied about his ability to corroborate his story.
Historical Examples of corroborate
The known facts, too, all corroborate this inference: let us consider them a little.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
I should judge, from that, he has an inkling of its value, and wants merely to corroborate it.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
And he broke out into one of his most discordant cackles to corroborate his boast.
BarringtonCharles James Lever
Every one hastened to corroborate this verdict with some piece of evidence.
The Cold SnapEdward Bellamy
And there were others, of course, to corroborate your story?
corroborate
- (tr) to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc), esp by providing fresh evidencethe witness corroborated the accused's statement
- serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc
- (of a fact) corroborated
Word Origin for corroborate
Word Origin and History for corroborate
1530s, "to give (legal) confirmation to," from Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare "to strengthen, invigorate," from com- "together" or "thoroughly" (see com-) + roborare "to make strong," from robur, robus "strength," (see robust).
Meaning "to strengthen by evidence, to confirm" is from 1706. Sometimes in early use the word also has its literal Latin sense, especially of medicines. Related: Corroborated; corroborating; corroborative.