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corroborate

verb
/kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/UK/kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/US/kəˈrɒbərət/UK

Etymology

First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic.

  1. borrowed from corrōborātus

Definitions

  1. To confirm or support something with additional evidence

    To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.

    • The concurrence of all […]corroborates the same truth.
    • First, the fireman may be killed. Second, he may not notice the signal at all. Third, in any case he will loyally corroborate his driver and the good old jury will discount that.

  2. To make strong

    To make strong; to strengthen.

    • As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

  3. Corroborated.

    • There is no Truſting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Brauery of Words; except it be Corroborate by Cuſtome.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Vigorous, grown strong.

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Derived

corroborable, corroborative, corroborator

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at corroborate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at corroborate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at corroborate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA