adj
Meaning 1
Serving to corroborate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
corroborative
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noun
Meaning 2
a medical tonic; a corroborant
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
serving to support or corroborate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- collateral evidence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English corroborate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English corroborative From corroborate + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Portuguese: corroborativo — serving to corroborate
- Portuguese: corroborante — serving to corroborate
Real reading context