corroborants

Noun

corroborant (plural corroborants)

1. (archaic) Anything that gives strength or support; a tonic.
   • The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants.1778, William Lewis, The New Dispensatory, page 91
2. (archaic) Something that corroborates.
   • As a scrupulous and faithful antiquary, Morales was accustomed to require evidence, and to investigate it; and for these he could find no other testimony than tradition and antiquity, which, as presumptive proofs, were strong corroborants of faith, but did not suffice of themselves.1829, Robert Southey, Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 473

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