corroborate
verb (used with object)
to make more certain; confirm.
corroboratory
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a word derived from
corroborate.
Example Sentences
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Mr Boyce, the New York Police Department chief of detectives, told a news conference that investigators interviewed an actress and were now looking to gather corroboratory evidence.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2017
I merely glanced at the buttons, and bank note, hastily, as I knew they could serve only as corroboratory evidence in the event of obtaining a weak chain of proof.
From The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller by Allan Pinkerton
Even in the very denunciations of opponents we find corroboratory evidence of the main facts in question.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
It was a slight thing, but another corroboratory circumstance.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
Mr. Warne does not admit that he can be mistaken, and there are some corroboratory evidences that he may be right; yet, it seems incredible.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
