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corroborative

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cor·rob·o·rate  (k-rb-rt)
tr.v. cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates
To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm.

[Latin corrborre, corrbort- : com-, com- + rborre, to strengthen (from rbur, rbor-, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots).]

cor·robo·ration n.
cor·robo·rative (--rtv, -r--tv), cor·robo·ra·tory (-r--tôr, -tr) adj.
cor·robo·rator n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.corroborative - serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
Translations
corroborative [kəˈrɒbərətɪv] ADJcorroborativo, confirmatorio
corroborative
adjbestätigend; evidenceerhärtend, untermauernd all attr; to be corroborative of somethingetw bestätigen/untermauern
corroborative [kəˈrɒbrətɪv] adjcomprovante
corroborative [kəˈrɒbrətɪv] adjcomprovante


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He is much addicted to overestimating his own perfections, and to undervaluing those of his rival or his enemy; a trait which may possibly be thought corroborative of the Mosaic account of the creation.
All these may be unmerited suspicions; but it certainly is a circumstance strongly corroborative of them, that Mr.
Evidently she would greatly mind; and the tears, too, sprang into her large brown eyes as corroborative testimony.
 
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