English-Thai Dictionary

corroborate

VT ยืนยัน  ทำให้ แน่ชัด  confirm ratify make certain yuen-yan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORROBORATE

v.t.[L., to strengthen, strength. ] 1. To strengthen; to make strong, or to give additional strength to; as, to corroborate the nerves; to corroborate the judgment, authority or habits.
2. To confirm; to make more certain. The news was doubtful, but is corroborated by recent advices.

 

CORROBORATED

pp. Strengthened; confirmed; rendered more certain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORROBORATE

Cor *rob "o *rate (kr-rb "-rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r `td );p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r `tng ). ] Etym: [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.

 

CORROBORATE

CORROBORATE Cor *rob "o *rate (-rt ), a.

 

Defn: Corroborated. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corroborate

cor rob o rate |kəˈräbəˌrāt kəˈrɑbəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding ): the witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack. DERIVATIVES cor rob o ra tive |-ˈräb (ə )rətiv |adjective, cor rob o ra tor |-ˌrātər |noun, cor rob o ra to ry |-ˈräb (ə )rəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make physically stronger ’): from Latin corroborat- ‘strengthened, ’ from the verb corroborare, from cor- ‘together ’ + roborare, from robur ‘strength. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

corroborate

corroborate |kəˈrɒbəreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding ): the witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack. DERIVATIVES corroborative |-rətɪv |adjective, corroborator noun, corroboratory |-rət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make physically stronger ’): from Latin corroborat- ‘strengthened ’, from the verb corroborare, from cor- ‘together ’ + roborare, from robur ‘strength ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corroborate

corroborate verb the witness can corroborate Brueller's story: confirm, verify, endorse, ratify, authenticate, validate, certify; support, back up, uphold, bear out, bear witness to, attest to, testify to, vouch for, give credence to, substantiate, sustain. ANTONYMS contradict.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corroborate

corroborate verb Thomas corroborated the boy's account of the attack: confirm, verify, endorse, ratify, authenticate, validate, certify; support, back up, back, uphold, stand by, bear out, bear witness to, attest to, testify to, vouch for, give credence to, substantiate, sustain, bolster, reinforce, lend weight to. ANTONYMS contradict.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corroborate

cor rob o rate /kərɑ́bərèɪt |-rɔ́b -/動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈意見 陳述など 〉を支持する, 裏付ける, 確認する .