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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Corroborate

/(k?r-r?b"?-r?t)/ · Cor·rob·o·rate · IPA /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/
01 v. t. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
imp. & p. p. Corroborated; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating
  1. 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. 2.
    To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
    “The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.” I. Taylor.
02 a. Corroborated.
  1. 1.
    Corroborated.[Obs.]