corroborated

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corroborated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  corroborated \corroborated\ adj.
     supported or established by evidence or proof; as,
     corroborated testimony is especially convincing.
  
     Syn: substantiated, verified.
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  Corroborate \Cor*rob"o*rate\ (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating
     (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to
     corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength.
     See Robust.]
     1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to
        strengthen. [Obs.]
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              As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger,
              the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
                                                    --I. Watts.
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     2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
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              The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
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