corroborate

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English

Etymology

From Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + rōborō (“I strengthen”), from rōbur (“strength”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/
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Verb

corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)

  1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
    • 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. , London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
      The concurrence of all […] corroborates the same truth.
  2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
    • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: , London: James Brackstone, , →OCLC:
      As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewdʰ-‎ (0 c, 41 e)

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

corroborate

  1. inflection of corroborare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

corroborate f pl

  1. feminine plural of corroborato

Latin

Verb

corrōborāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrōborō

Spanish

Verb

corroborate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of corroborar combined with te
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