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What (who) is Corroborate - definition
ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATORY EVIDENCE FOUND TO SUPPORT A PROPOSITION AND INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN ITS TRUTH
Corroboration; Corroborate; Corroborative; Corroborative evidence; Uncorroborated; Corroborated
corroborate
(corroborates, corroborating, corroborated)
To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it. (FORMAL)
I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story...
= confirm
VERB: V n
• corroboration
He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.
= confirmation
N-UNCOUNT
corroborate
[k?'r?b?re?t]
¦ verb confirm or give support to (a statement or theory).
Derivatives
corroboration noun
corroborative adjective
corroborator noun
corroboratory adjective
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as corroboration in the sense 'strengthening'): from L. corroborat-, corroborare, from cor- 'together' + roborare, from robur 'strength'.
corroborate
v. to confirm and sometimes add substantiating (reinforcing) testimony to the testimony of another witness or a party in a trial.
See also: corroborating evidence
Wikipedia
Corroborating evidence
Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in law.
Examples of use of Corroborate
1. U.S. intelligence analysts could not corroborate it.
2. It is hard to corroborate details of Scaramella‘s career.
3. Authorities could not corroborate the woman‘s statement, Gibbons said.
4. Neither U.S. nor U.N. officials could immediately corroborate the claim.
5. ERELI÷ Did check; don‘t have any information to corroborate.