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.]
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.
© Webster 1913.
Cor*rob"o*rate (-r?t), a.
Corroborated.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
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