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corroborate

/kəˈrɑbəreɪt/  ·  say it: kuh·RAH·buh·rayt

to confirm with additional evidence

In Formal & Academic

to support with additional evidence

In Debate & Persuasion

In more detail

1. (verb) to confirm or support something with evidence or a statement

2. (verb) to make something seem more likely to be true by providing additional evidence

Examples

• 1. The witness's testimony corroborated the defendant's alibi.
• 2. The new documents corroborate the researcher's findings about the historical event.

Nearby in Formal & Academic

collate, compile, conform, criterion, deduce, derive