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Verb: corroborate  ku'ró-bu,reyt
  1. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    "his story corroborated my doubts";
    - confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
     
  2. Give evidence for
    - validate
     
  3. Back up with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
    - underpin, bear out, support

Derived forms: corroborated, corroborates, corroborating

Type of: agree, check, confirm, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, marry, marry up, match, reassert, tally

Encyclopedia: Corroborate