Antonyms for corroborated


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adjective kuh-rob-er-it
Phonetic Transcription : verb kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; adjective kəˈrɒb ər ɪt


Definition of corroborated

Origin :
  • 1530s, "to give (legal) confirmation to," from Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare "to strengthen, invigorate," from com- "together" or "thoroughly" (see com-) + roborare "to make strong," from robur, robus "strength," (see robust).
  • Meaning "to strengthen by evidence, to confirm" is from 1706. Sometimes in early use the word also has its literal Latin sense, especially of medicines. Related: Corroborated; corroborating; corroborative.
  • verb back up information, story
Example sentences :
  • The schoolmaster glanced at me inquiringly and I corroborated the lad's accusation.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • When it is corroborated, I expect we shall have no trouble in forming the company.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Martin corroborated the assertion of the Strawberry, that there was fire in the woods.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • Winder repeated it to the court, and word for word Jackson corroborated it.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • This statement is corroborated by many passages in the Acts, such as xviii.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • They corroborated all that I had obtained from the northern Cheyennes.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • The wife's appearance more than corroborated Palmer's statement.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • His statement is corroborated by his son, who saw one of the boys killed.
  • Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Therefore I have depended principally upon tradition, coming from his own brethren in arms, and corroborated by history.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution » by Charles Hersey
  • Barton, with his arm in a sling, corroborated the lie with blunt cheerfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Ebbing Of The Tide » by Louis Becke

Synonyms for corroborated

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