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Corroborate
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What it means
- verb
To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
- verb
To make strong; to strengthen.
- adjective
Corroborated.
Where it comes from
Corroborate comes from Latin corroborare, to strengthen, from con, together, and robur, oak or strength. Extra evidence makes a claim harder to shake.
In a sentence
- Tom and Mary corroborate each other.by CK, Tatoeba
- No one could corroborate Tom's alibi.by CK, Tatoeba
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