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▪ I. corroborate, ppl. a. Obs. or arch.|kəˈrɒbərət|
[ad. L. corrōborāt-us, pa. pple. of corrōborāre: see next.]
Strengthened, confirmed, corroborated. a. as pa. pple. arch.
1532Thynne Chaucer's Wks. Ded., Maynteyned, corroborate, and defended. c1534tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 112 That..the Ilond beinge corroberat it mighte strike a certaine terror into the adverse parte. 1607–12Bacon Ess., Custom & Educ. (Arb.) 366 There is noe trusting to the force of Nature..except it be corroborate by Custome. 1814Southey Roderick xvii. 239 The sense Of duty, by the pride of self-controul Corroborate. 1878Tennyson Q. Mary ii. ii, His right came down to me, Corroborate by your Acts of Parliament.
†b. as adj. Obs.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 383 A more stable and corroborate concorde. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. iii. §3 Men are more curious..what mould they lay about a young plant than about a plant corroborate.
▪ II. corroborate, v.|kəˈrɒbəreɪt|
[f. L. corrōborāt- ppl. stem of corrōborāre to strengthen, invigorate, f. cor- together, intensive + rōborāre to make strong: see -ate3.]
To strengthen, make strong.
†1. trans. To strengthen materially. Obs.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 46, I will corroborate my Crosse Giant-like, to vnder-beare the Atlas burthen of her insolences. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1704) 336 Every part is..corroborated by Membranes. a1762McEwen Grace & Truth iii. ii, These boards were corroborated with bars of the same wood. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. xx. (1819) 321 These joints [in grasses and canes] ..corroborate the stem.
†2. To strengthen constitutionally, or organically; to invigorate, refresh. Obs.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 50 b, Rydynge moderately..doth corroborate the spirite and body above other exercises. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1877) 107 Meats (moderatly taken) corroborate the body, refresh the arteries, and reuiue the spirits. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 210 The outward man is also corroborated by the inward peace of the mind. 1720W. Gibson Diet Horses xi. (1731) 178 Nothing so much strengthens and corroborates the whole Body [as the morning air]. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius v. xxii, Psyche, who was otherwise of an imbecile body and mind..is now corroborated.
†b. esp. of medicinal agents or applications; also of the physician. Obs.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe ii. vii, Olyves condite in salte lykoure..doth corroborate the stomacke. 1604Bacon Apol. 56 They ..shold..intend to cure and corroborate the part. 1611Cotgr., Comforter vne playe, to corroborate a wound by fomentations, or other (externall) applications. 1658A. Fox tr. Wurtz' Surg. ii. iii. 53 Give him some Cordials to corroborate his stomack. 1744Berkeley Siris §80 Nothing that I know corroborates the stomach so much as tar-water. 1797J. Downing Dis. Horned Cattle 17 This medicine..corroborates the parts that are hurt.
3. With non-material object: To strengthen (a quality, faculty, power, etc.); to confirm (a person) in a quality or attribute. arch.
1543Necess. Doctr. O ij, Wherby they shulde be so corroborated..in the gyftes..before receiued in baptisme. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. ii. §39 Paulinus..daily plyed the Word and Sacraments, thereby to corroborate his owne People in Piety. 1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 119 To corroborate their Faith. 1737Whiston Josephus' Hist. i. ii. §1 Jonathan..corroborated his authority by..friendship with the Romans. 1838Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxx. (1866) II. 119 The inferior faculty ..so far from nourishing and corroborating the superior..tends to reduce this faculty to a lower level.
4. To give legal or formal confirmation to; to confirm (a law, legal act, etc.).
1530[see corroborating vbl. n.]. 1548Hall Chron. 225 b, His high Courte of Parliament..in the whiche, all lawes and ordinaunces, made by him before that daie were corroberated and confirmed. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xi. (1840) 133 To corroborate his election. 1655― Ch. Hist. ii. iv. §14 This law..corroborated by eight hundred yeares Prescription and many Confirmations. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xxxvi. 275 If the yielding up that estate will do, resign it—and be mine—and I will corroborate, with all my soul, your resignation. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 218 If the fine had been levied for the purpose of corroborating the conveyance.
5. To strengthen (an opinion, statement, argument, etc.) by concurrent or agreeing statements or evidence; to make more sure or certain; to support, confirm: said
a. of a person;
b. of the confirming statement.
1706Pope Let. to Walsh 22 Oct., I am glad to corroborate [these observations] by some great authorities. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 153 ⁋2 My narrative has no other tendency than to illustrate and corroborate your own observations. 1791Gentl. Mag. 32/1 He appears to have taken uncommon pains to corroborate all his assertions by an appeal to original authorities. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 88 He recollected Rip at once, and corroborated his story in the most satisfactory manner. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. vii. 54 This observation corroborates those of Professor Forbes. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 54 The simple explanation..has been corroborated by subsequent investigators.
†6. intr. To concur in testimony. Obs. rare.
1776G. Semple Building in Water 23 These..nearly coroborate with the Soundings at R. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) V. 1776 Many circumstances corroborate to prove this beyond doubt.
Hence coˈrroborated ppl. a., coˈrroborating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1530Palsgr. Ep. to King 8 For the auctorysyng and corroboratyng of my said thyrde boke. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. x. (1660) 148 These [Herbs]..serve to the corroborating and comforting of the inward parts of mans body. 1684Charnock Attrib. God (1834) II. 424 A Chirurgeon that applies corroborating plasters to a broken limb. 1713Slare in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 251 To have lost their Cordial or corroborating Faculty. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius v. ix, Through long continued association, and corroborated affection. |