corroborate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corroborate /kəˈrɒbəreɪt/
▶verb confirm or give support to (a statement or theory).
– derivatives
corroboration noun,
corroborative adjective,
corroborator noun,
corroboratory adjective.
corroboration noun,
corroborative adjective,
corroborator noun,
corroboratory adjective.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as corroboration in the sense ‘strengthening’): from L. corroborat-, corroborare, from cor- ‘together’ + roborare, from robur ‘strength’.
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