Cor*rob"o*rate (-r?t), a.
Corroborated. [Obs.] Bacon.
Cor*rob"o*rate (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated
(-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating
(-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of
corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare
to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]
1. To make strong, or to give additional
strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.]
As any limb well and duly exercised, grows
stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated
thereby.
I. Watts.
2. To make more certain; to confirm; to
establish.
The concurrence of all corroborates the
same truth.
I. Taylor.