Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strengthening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of strengthening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of
strengthening .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On 9-2/44 the third blood transfusion was for roboration furnished by Dr. Samuel, French Chief Surgeon. 200 cc type 0.
THE LAST FLIGHT 1944
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It is needless to say that in all our investigations into the life, actions, and character of this eminent philosopher and Christian, from the time when, as a young man in 1585, he took delight in reading the Bible to the Indians of Virginia, down to the time that he made his remarkable will in 1621, not one word has been found in cor-roboration of these statements; but, on the contrary, many passages have appeared to contradict and disprove them.
Thomas Hariot Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 1885
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We have eyewitnesses, direct and independent cor-roboration, "Tanaka Gin smiled, a glow of satisfaction expanding inside him.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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