Corroborate

Definition: Corroborate

Corroborate

Verb

1. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant".

2. Give evidence for.

3. Support with evidence or authority : make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "corroborate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references)

Synonyms: Corroborate

Assent

Confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign; corroborate.

Demonstration

Verb: demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest; (be evidence of); confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify; settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest.

Evidence

Indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant.

Crosswords: Corroborate

Robert Peary North Pole Expedition Sounding with piano wire through the ice Profile of soundings tends to corroborate that Peary made the pole. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Health

Studies are underway to corroborate these early results and to learn if this therapy has promise for other types of CNS tumors. (references)

When serologic testing is indicated, CDC recommends testing initially with a sensitive first test, either an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test, followed by testing with the more specific Western immunoblot (WB) test to corroborate equivocal or positive results obtained with the first test. Although antibiotic treatment in early localized disease may blunt or abrogate the antibody response, patients with early disseminated or late-stage disease usually have strong serological reactivity and demonstrate expanded WB immunoglobulin G (IgG) banding patterns to diagnostic B. burgdorferi antigens. (references)

Human Rights

Libya

Reports of torture are difficult to corroborate because many prisoners are held incommunicado. (references)

Sierra Leone

There were reports in the first half of the year that CDF forces summarily executed suspected rebels and rebel collaborators; however, because of the insecurity in parts of the country, it was difficult to gather detailed information on abuses or to corroborate reports. (references)

Political Economy

Western Sahara

Attendees at the trial, human rights activists, and an attorney for the five defendants criticized the handling of the trial process, particularly the court's refusal to hear witnesses for the defense who allegedly could corroborate claims by at least two of the defendants that they were not present at the demonstrations. (references)

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Expression using "corroborate": corroborate smth. with quotations. Additional references.

Afrikaans

erken (acknowledge, confirm), bevestig (acknowledge, affirm, assent, confirm, say yes, to confirm), beseël (acknowledge, confirm, seal), bekragtig (acknowledge, confirm, ratify, sanction). (various references)

Albanian

vërtetoj (acknowledge, attest, authenticate, avouch, certify, confirm, confirm a piece of news, demonstrate, document, doom, endorse, establish, evince, indorse, justify, make certain, make good, prove, validate, verify), konfirmoj (affirm, bear out, confirm). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وثق (authenticate, believe, confide, constrain, document, notarize, pin one's faith on, rely, trust), ‏عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), ‏أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

потвърждавам (accredit, acknowledge, affirm, bear out, certify, clench, endorse, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, speak to, substantiate, support, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, vouch, warrant), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with). (various references)

Chinese 

确认 (Confirmation, Corroborated, Corroborating, validate, validated, validating). (various references)

Czech

potvrdit (acknowledge, affirm, approve, bear out, certify, confirm, establish, ratify, testify, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify), posílit (augment, beef up, brace, build up, buttress, fortify, invigorate, recruit, reinforce, revitalize, strengthen), podepřít (brace, buttress, prop, prop up, shore up, stake, support, underlay, underpin). (various references)

Danish

bekræfte (acknowledge, confirm). (various references)

Dutch

erkennen (accept, acknowledge, admit, confess, confirm, profess, receive, recognise, recognize, take, take in), bevestigen (acknowledge, affirm, affix, assent, attach, confirm, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, say yes, secure), bekrachtigen (acknowledge, confirm, ratify, sanction). (various references)

Esperanto

konfirmi (confirm). (various references)

Faeroese

vátta (acknowledge, admit, assert, attest, bear witness of, confess, confirm, profess, state, testify), staðfesta (acknowledge, ascertain, confirm, establish, take note). (various references)

Farsi 

تقویت کردن (Augment, Beef, Bolster, Edify, Encourage, Fort, Rally, Reinforce, Relay, Sustain, Undergird, Uphold), تاءیدکردن (Confirm, Second, Vouch), اثبات کردن (Affirm, Assert, Aver, Prover). (various references)

Finnish

vahvistaa (acknowledge, confirm, ratify, reinforce, strengthen, verify). (various references)

French

confirmer (confirm, to confirm), corroborer (confirm). (various references)

German

bekräftigen (acknowledge, affirm, back up, confirm, support, to affirm, to corroborate), bestätigen (acknowledge, affirm, assure, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, confirms, countersign, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, reassure, recognize, to affirm, to certify, to indorse, to ratify, uphold, validate, verify, witness). (various references)

Greek 

ενισχύω (amplify, back, boost, reenforce, reinforce, strengthen), επιβεβαιώνω (bear out, confirm, speak to), επιβεβαιώ (verify, vouch). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאמת (ascertain, attest, authenticate, prove true, substantiate, validate, verify), לאשר (affirm, approve, asseverate, authorise, bear out, certify, confirm, endorse, indorse, maintain, obsignate, sanction, testify, uphold, vouch). (various references)

Hungarian

megerõsít (approve, attach, beef up, brace, confirm, consolidate, defilade, depose, fasten, fix, fortify, harden, homologate, man, reinforce, strengthen, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch), hitelesít (authenticate, calibrate, certify, legalise, legalize, standardize, to attest, to authenticate, to calibrate, to certify, to check, to corroborate, to notarize, to seal, to test, to true, to true up, verify), alátámaszt (bear out, confirm, to bolster up, to chock, to chock up, to confirm, to corroborate, to shore up, to stanchion, to strengthen, to strut, to support, to underpin). (various references)

Indonesian

menguatkan (aneal, consolidate, empower, evaporate, reinforce, strengthen), membenarkan (approve of, compensate, confirm, justify, straighten). (various references)

Italian

confermare (acknowledge, affirm, bear out, clench, confirm, endorse, indorse, prove oneself, substantiate, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references)

Manx

co-yarrooaghey (corroboration). (various references)

Papiamen

confirmá (acknowledge, confirm). (various references)

Pig Latin

orroboratecay

Portuguese

confirmar (acknowledge, affirm, approve, assure, confirm, corroboratory, countersign, endorse, firm, grant, hold true, indorse, ratify, sanction, seal, to confirm, vouch). (various references)

Romanian

corobora (confirm, fortify), confirma (acknowledge, affirm, bear out, confirm, establish, fortify, homologate, justify, receipt, sanction, strengthen, validate, verify, vouch, witness), adeveri (acknowledge, attest, avouch, certify, confirm, fortify, justify, seal, substantiate, test, testify, verify, vouch, warrant, witness), întãri (bind, bond, brace, bracket, confirm, consolidate, enforce, entrench, fix, fortify, harden, indurate, invigorate, nerve, recruit, reinforce, screw, season, stay, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stress, tone up). (various references)

Russian 

подтверждать (acknowledge, acknowledge by, affirm, attest, bear out, confirm, corroboratory, endorse, indorse, instantiate, prove out, reaffirm, re-affirm, reassert, verify, vouch, warrant, write to acknowledge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potvrditi (acknowledge, affirm, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, sanction, substantiate, validate, verify), potkrepiti (confirm). (various references)

Spanish

corroborar (bear out), confirmar (acknowledge, affirm, assent, bear out, confirm, prove, say yes, support, sustain, to confirm, uphold, vouch). (various references)

Swedish

bestyrka (attest, aver, bear out, confirm, evidence, justify, prove), bekräfta (acknowledge, affirm, attest to, attested, bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reassert, seal, substantiate, validate, vouch). (various references)

Turkish

onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), doğrulamak (affirm, attest, avouch, bear out, certify, confirm, correct, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, sustain, testify, verify, vouch). (various references)

Ukrainian

підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підтверджувати (acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, avouch, avow, bear out, carry, certify, confirm, endorse, homologate, indorse, justify, reassert, reconfirm, say yes, uphold, verify, vouch), підкріплювати. (various references)

corrobora, corroborandum, corroborari, corroborasset, corroboratusque, corroboravit, corroboret. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "corroborate": corroborated, corroborates. (additional references)

Words containing "corroborate": uncorroborated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Corroborate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cooroborate, coroborate, coroborrate, corrborate, corroberate, corrobrate, corrorborate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: barretor.

-4 letters: aborter, bracero, creator, reactor, taborer.

-5 letters: barret, barter, boater, borate, bracer, carrot, carter, coater, cooter, crater, orator, rebato, reboot, rector, roarer, rooter, terror, torero, tracer, trocar.

+1 letter: corroborated, corroborates.

+2 letters: corroborative.

+3 letters: uncorroborated.