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UK
/kəɹˈɒbəɹˌeɪt/
]
[ US /kɝˈɑbɝˌeɪt/ ]
[ US /kɝˈɑbɝˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
The stories and claims were born out by the evidence - give evidence for
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
his story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant
How To Use corroborate In A Sentence
- The other senses corroborate themselves, but this is removed from any proof but its own, and foreruns the identities of the spiritual world. Preface to “Leaves of Grass,” 1855
- `Have you taken any steps to corroborate this supposition? DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
- He was convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of the alleged victim.
- I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story.
- What our results show, and this corroborates the other studies, is that the paint layer itself, despite all its craquelure, is very well bonded to the poplar substrate," Taylor said. MILLION DOLLAR SMILE
- We refer to the rules which oblige a trial judge to warn the jury of the danger of convicting upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice.
- `Have you taken any steps to corroborate this supposition? DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
- But yesterday agents who looked further into the raw intelligence said they had found no evidence to corroborate the threat.
- Her statements were corroborated by the doctor's testimony.
- Replication in larger sample sizes are needed to corroborate this negative finding.
