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   corroborate

   /kəˈrɒbəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding): "the witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make physically stronger’): from Latin corroborat- ‘strengthened’, from the verb corroborare, from cor- ‘together’ + roborare, from robur ‘strength’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. corroborative adjective
   • 2. corroboratory adjective

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