Corroborate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give evidence for.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 3
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The police investigation was able to corroborate the eyewitness's account of the crime with forensic evidence.
- The documents found in the attic corroborated the family's claim to the property.
- The researcher's findings corroborated the theory that had been proposed by her colleague.
- The testimony of the second witness corroborated the first witness's account of the accident.
- The archaeological discovery corroborated the ancient texts that described the existence of the lost city.