CORROBORATED

Adjective

corroborated

Strengthened; confirmed; rendered more certain.

Verb

corroborated

simple past tense and past participle of corroborate

Source: Wiktionary


CORROBORATE

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



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