Verb: corroborate ku'ró-bu,reyt
- Support or confirm with evidence or authority
"The new findings corroborate our initial hypothesis";
- underpin, bear out, support
- Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"The new findings corroborated their initial theory";
- confirm, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
- Give evidence for
"His testimony corroborated the victim's account of events";
- validate
Derived forms: corroborates, corroborating, corroborated
See also: bear
Type of: act, agree, check, confirm, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, marry, marry up, match, move, reassert, square, tally
Encyclopedia: Corroborate