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corroborates

corroborates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corroborate.

Meaning of corroborate

Verb

corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)

  1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
    • The concurrence of all […]corroborates the same truth.1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
    • As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC

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Questions about corroborates

What is corroborates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Corroborates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corroborate.

Words near corroborates in the dictionary

  1. corroborable
  2. corroborant
  3. corroborants
  4. corroborate
  5. corroborated
  6. corroborates
  7. corroborateth
  8. corroborating
  9. corroboration
  10. corroborational
  11. corroborations

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