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corroborate 音標拼音: [kɚ'ɑbɚ ,et] vt. 使堅固,確證 使堅固,確証 corroborate v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; " his story confirmed my doubts"; " The evidence supports the defendant" [ synonym: { confirm}, { corroborate}, { sustain}, { substantiate}, { support}, { affirm}] [ ant: { contradict}, { negate}] 2: give evidence for [ synonym: { validate}, { corroborate}] 3: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; " The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [ synonym: { corroborate}, { underpin}, { bear out}, { support}] 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.] [ 1913 Webster] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster] The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. -- I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster]
Corroborate \ Cor* rob" o* rate\ (- r? t), a. Corroborated. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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