Dictionary entry

Corroborate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cor‐rob″o‐rate (k?r–r?b″?–r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Corroborated (–r?′t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Corroborating (–r?′t?ng).] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

I. Watts.

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.

I. Taylor.