cor·rob·o·rate

(kə-rŏb′ə-rāt′)

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 corrōborāre, corrōborāt- : com-, com- + rōborāre, to strengthen (from rōbur, rōbor-, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots).]

cor·rob′o·ra′tion n.

cor·rob′o·ra′tive (-ə-rā′tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv), cor·rob′o·ra·to′ry (-ər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

cor·rob′o·ra′tor n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

corroboration - confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

documentation, certification

confirmation - information that confirms or verifies

corroboration

noun support, establishment, confirmation, endorsement, documentation, ratification, certification, validation, authentication, substantiation There were no witnesses to establish corroboration of his version of the accident.

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corroboration

noun

That which confirms:

attestation, authentication, confirmation, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant.

Translations

تأْييد، تَثْبـيت، تَعْزيز

dosvědčenípotvrzení

bekræftelsebestyrkelse

Bestätigung

corroboración

confirmation corroboration

staîfesting

conferma

подкрепление подтверждение

desteklemedoğrulama

确证

corroboration

[kəˌrɒbəˈreɪʃən] N → corroboración f, confirmación f

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corroboration

[kəˌrɒbəˈreɪʃ^ən] n (= confirmation) [story, claim] → confirmation f

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corroboration

n → Bestätigung f; (of theory also) → Bekräftigung f, → Erhärtung f, → Untermauerung f; in corroboration of → zur Untermauerung or Unterstützung (+gen); through lack of corroboration (Jur) → mangels unterstützenden Beweismaterials; (from witnesses) → mangels bestätigender Zeugenaussagen

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corroboration

[kəˌrɒbəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → corroborazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

corroborate

(kəˈrobəreit) verb

to support or confirm (evidence etc already given). She corroborated her sister's story.

corˌroboˈration noun

corˈroborative (-rətiv) adjective

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Darcy would never have hazarded such a proposal, if he had not been well assured of his cousin's corroboration.

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Go to him and ask him, face to face, how your father died, declare yourself, press for all particulars, seek even for corroboration of his word.

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Crisparkle, in utter amazement, looked at Helena for corroboration, and met in her expressive face full corroboration, and a plea for advice.

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Beyond a corroboration of his meteorological statement you would better not venture.

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If your ladyship would wish to have the boy produced in corroboration of this statement, I can lay my hand upon him at any time."

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Kulan Tith looked toward Matai Shang as though for corroboration of these charges.

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The lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before us..

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The theory so enthusiastically held by the original locators, that Devil's Ford was a vast sink that had, through ages, exhausted and absorbed the trickling wealth of the adjacent hills and valleys, was suffering an ironical corroboration.

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The head of the department in which he was working might be referred to if any corroboration of this statement was desired.

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In corroboration of what is above stated in Note at page **, it may be observed, that the arms, which were assumed by Godfrey of Boulogne himself, after the conquest of Jerusalem, was a cross counter patent cantoned with four little crosses or, upon a field azure, displaying thus metal upon metal.

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If the last, it affords a strong corroboration of the extreme difficulty of the thing.

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Ample corroboration of this statement may be obtained by arresting the above-mentioned Edmond Dantes, who either carries the letter for Paris about with him, or has it at his father's abode.

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