corroborate

corroborate
    v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his
         story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the
         defendant" [syn: {confirm}, {corroborate}, {sustain},
         {substantiate}, {support}, {affirm}] [ant: {contradict},
         {negate}]
    2: give evidence for [syn: {validate}, {corroborate}]
    3: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or
       confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the
       evidence" [syn: {corroborate}, {underpin}, {bear out},
       {support}]
    

Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (-r?t), a.
   Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (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.]
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            As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger,
            the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
                                                  --I. Watts.
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   2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
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            The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.
                                                  --I. Taylor.
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "corroborate":
      affirm, attest, authenticate, back, back up, bear out, bolster,
      buttress, certify, circumstantiate, confirm, document, fortify,
      justify, probate, prove, ratify, reinforce, strengthen,
      substantiate, support, sustain, undergird, uphold, validate,
      verify, warrant