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roborate

UK/ˈɹəʊbəreɪt/US/ˈɹoʊbəˌɹeɪt/

roborate verb: synonym of confirm, to verify, to establish.

Verb

roborate (third-person singular simple present roborates, present participle roborating, simple past and past participle roborated)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of confirm, to verify, to establish.
    Synonyms:
    confirm, to verify, to establish
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of strengthen, to invigorate, to restore.
    Synonyms:
    strengthen, to invigorate, to restore
  3. (obsolete) Synonym of harden, to make obdurate.
    Synonyms:
    harden, to make obdurate

Synonyms of roborate

All synonyms of roborate

Forms of roborate

third-person singular presentroborates
present participleroborating
past participleroborated
pastroborated

Origin of roborate

From Latin rōborāre (“to strengthen, to confirm”) + -ate (“forming verbs”), from rōbur (“reddish oak; hardness, strength”) + -āre (“forming verbs”).

Questions about roborate

What does roborate mean?
Roborate means synonym of confirm, to verify, to establish.
What part of speech is roborate?
Roborate is a verb.
How do you pronounce roborate?
Roborate is pronounced /ˈɹoʊbəˌɹeɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of roborate?
The past tense of roborate is roborated.

Words near roborate in the dictionary

  1. robopsychologist
  2. robopsychologists
  3. robopsychology
  4. roborant
  5. roborants
  6. roborate
  7. roborated
  8. roborates
  9. roborating
  10. roboration
  11. roborative

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