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CORROBORATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Example:

The evidence supports the defendant

Synonyms:

affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corroborate"):

back; back up (establish as valid or genuine)

vouch (give supporting evidence)

verify (confirm the truth of)

demonstrate; establish; prove; shew; show (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)

document (support or supply with references)

validate (prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

corroboration (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)

corroborative; corroboratory (serving to support or corroborate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give evidence for

Synonyms:

corroborate; validate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "corroborate" is one way to...):

confirm; reassert (strengthen or make more firm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corroborate"):

circumstantiate (give circumstantial evidence for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

corroboration (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)

corroborative; corroboratory (serving to support or corroborate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

Example:

The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

Synonyms:

bear out; corroborate; support; underpin

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "corroborate" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

corroboration (confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence)

corroborative; corroboratory (serving to support or corroborate)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now he will pretend, no doubt, that I have said anything which he may invent which will corroborate his insane suspicions.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

About a week subsequently to the incidents above narrated, Miss Temple, who had written to Mr. Lloyd, received his answer: it appeared that what he said went to corroborate my account.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This was corroborated by his landlord, who had received by messenger the key of the house together with the rent due, in English money.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As an overall conclusion, the study corroborates that schoolchildren who use backpacks should avoid carrying loads greater than 10% of their body weight.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)

My dear fellow, said he, it was one of the first solutions which occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor’s tale.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While the initial goal was to corroborate conclusions of earlier studies about what is known as the End-Permian event, our data have consistently been at odds with what has been reported, said Gastaldo.

(Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous, National Science Foundation)

I heard that Mr. Sharp and Mr. Mell were both supposed to be wretchedly paid; and that when there was hot and cold meat for dinner at Mr. Creakle's table, Mr. Sharp was always expected to say he preferred cold; which was again corroborated by J.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Methodical, or well arranged, or very well delivered, it could not be expected to be; but it contained, when separated from all the feebleness and tautology of the narration, a substance to sink her spirit—especially with the corroborating circumstances, which her own memory brought in favour of Mr. Knightley's most improved opinion of Harriet.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Darcy corroborated it with a bow, and was beginning to determine not to fix his eyes on Elizabeth, when they were suddenly arrested by the sight of the stranger, and Elizabeth happening to see the countenance of both as they looked at each other, was all astonishment at the effect of the meeting.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Previous ultraviolet images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2012 suggested the presence of plumes, but this new analysis used data collected much closer to the source and is considered strong, corroborating support for plumes.

(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)