confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; “his story confirmed my doubts”; “The evidence supports the defendant”
validate, corroborate
(verb) give evidence for
corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; “The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)
(transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
• I. Taylor
(transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
• I. Watts
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rob"o*rate (kr-rb"-rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r`tng). ] Etym: [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.
Cor*rob"o*rate (-rt), a.
Definition: Corroborated. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
