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corroborate 音标拼音: [kɚ'ɑbɚ,et] vt. 使坚固,确证 使坚固,确证 corroborate v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [synonym: {confirm}, {corroborate}, {sustain}, {substantiate}, {support}, {affirm}] [ant: {contradict}, {negate}] 2: give evidence for [synonym: {validate}, {corroborate}] 3: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [synonym: {corroborate}, {underpin}, {bear out}, {support}] Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corroborated} (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corroborating} (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See {Robust}.] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [1913 Webster] The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for "corroborate":
affirm, attest, authenticate, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, certify, circumstantiate, confirm, document, fortify, justify, probate, prove, ratify, reinforce, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, undergird, uphold, validate, verify, warrant
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