corroborate

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This is why journalists are always called upon to corroborate, corroborate, corroborate, because what might seem an obvious connection at first blush may not hold up to more intense scrutiny.

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  1. transitive verb To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm.

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  • “I must ask you, Mother Saint Jude,” she said, “to corroborate or contradict what Mother Saint Ambrose has said.” The little nun beamed. —  St. Peter’s Finger - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 09: 1938
  • I do not wish to insist unduly on the incident, and I have no intention of appealing to the Psychical Research Society to test, corroborate, or disprove the case. —  With Zola in England
  • While impossible to corroborate, there was definitely a sense among many that agent provocateurs and undercover police were playing some kind of role in stirring things up, effectively breaking up an otherwise peaceful - if unpermitted - march during George W. Bush's speech at the Xcel. —  Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service
  • Suranjali: Just to corroborate, we need political security. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Moreover, because of its current lack of air-mobility and aerial reconnaissance capability, particularly helicopters, UNAMID was not able to independently corroborate or confirm the information received from various sources. —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
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  1. Latin corrōborāre, corrōborāt- : com-, com- + rōborāre, to strengthen (from rōbur, rōbor-, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare, conroborare (later Italian corroborar′ = Spanish Portuguese corroborar = French corroborer), strengthen, from com-, together, + roborare, strengthen, from robur (robor-), strength: see robust.
  2. from Latin corroboratus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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