单词 | corroborate |
释义 | corroborate —corroborative /keuh rob"euh ray'tiv, -euhr euh tiv/, corroboratory, adj. —corroboratively, corroboratorily, adv. —corroborator, n. v. /keuh rob"euh rayt'/; adj. /keuh rob"euhr it/, v. , corroborated, corroborating, adj. v.t. 1. to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident. adj. 2. Archaic. confirmed. [1520-30; < L corroboratus ptp. of corroborare to strengthen, equiv. to cor- COR- + robor(are) to make strong (deriv. of robor, robur oak (hence, strength); see ROBUST) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. verify, authenticate, support, validate. |
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