corroborate

English

Etymology

From Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + rōborō (“I strengthen”), from rōbur (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/

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Verb

corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)

1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
   • I. Taylor

     The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.

2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
   • I. Watts

     As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

Related terms

► English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewdʰ-‎ (0 c, 40 e)

Translations

To confirm or support with additional evidence

• Bulgarian: потвърждавам (bg) (potvǎrždavam), подкрепям (bg) (podkrepjam)
• Catalan: corroborar (ca)
• Dutch: onderbouwen (nl)
• Esperanto: konfirmi (eo)
• Finnish: vahvistaa (fi)
• French: corroborer (fr)
• German: bestätigen (de), untermauern (de), stützen (de), bekräftigen (de)
• Hungarian: megerősít (hu)
• Icelandic: styrkja
• Latin: corrōborō

• Manx: co-niartaghey, co-niartey
• Norwegian: bekrefte, styrke (no), underbygge
• Polish: potwierdzać (pl)
• Portuguese: corroborar (pt)
• Romanian: susține (ro), corobora (ro), adeveri (ro)
• Russian: подкреплять (ru) (podkrepljatʹ), подтвержда́ть (ru) (podtverždátʹ)
• Slovene: podpreti
• Spanish: corroborar (es)
• Swedish: bekräfta (sv), bestyrka (sv), styrka (sv)
• Turkish: delille desteklemek
• Welsh: ategu (cy)

To make strong; to strengthen

• Bulgarian: укрепвам (bg) (ukrepvam), засилвам (bg) (zasilvam)

Further reading

• corroborate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corroborate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• corroborate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

corroborate

1. second-person plural present indicative of corroborare
2. second-person plural imperative of corroborare
3. feminine plural of corroborato

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Latin

Verb

corrōborāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrōborō