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English Dictionary: corroborate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corroborate v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" Synonym(s): confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm Antonym(s): contradict, negate give evidence for Synonym(s): validate, corroborate support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" Synonym(s): corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corroborate \Corrob"orate\ (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corroborate \Corrob"orate\ (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. [Obs.] 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.