Verb (used with object) : He corroborated my account of the accident. From Dictionary.com.
Even in the very denunciations of opponents we find corroboratory evidence of the main facts in question. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
He says, and there may be corroboratory information elsewhere -- officials suggest there is -- that this man came and talked to him offering his services in effect. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2002] Reference
In this context, the new journal article provides corroboratory evidence that dust collected locally the afternoon of 9/11 and the following day contains microscopic traces of thermite. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientific Study: Smoking Gun Evidence of 9/11 Explosives in WTC Dust] Reference
In opposing the notion that the Nazi phenomenon arose from traits and trends peculiar only to Germans, Barraclough appended to the above statement about the "fanatical minority" not being representative an impressive selection of little known corroboratory data. From Wordnik.com. [The Nazi Disease] Reference
The certificates were regularly signed as extracts from the parish books, the first letter had a genuine appearance of having been written and preserved for some years, the handwriting of the second tallied with it exactly, (making proper allowance for its having been written by a person in extremity,) and there were several other corroboratory scraps of entries and memoranda which it was equally difficult to question. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
It may be mentioned as corroboratory evidence that. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
Really, the demonstration was complete without any of this corroboratory testimony. From Wordnik.com. [History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc.] Reference
The undramatically on the delphic law of the sidon somehow tarn the of the corroboratory syrian melagra in the thou of the augend and. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
"We found evidence for the often-questioned relationship between milk consumption and cancer, yet when we used genotypes to verify this relationship, there was no corroboratory evidence," Timpson said. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Reaumur was one of the first to prove this, as shown by the Kelleia family of Malta, and there have been many corroboratory instances reported; it is shown to last for three, four, and even five generations; intermarriage with normal persons finally eradicates it. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
If his orders are corroboratory I will at once press forward -- '". From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
Following yesterday’s post on “Happy Slapping“, appallingly in the news again, Alfie Dennen sent me an e-mail this morning, linking to some corroboratory footage he’s put together on his blog. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » “Happy Slapping” footage] Reference
"But he is your single corroboratory witness.". From Wordnik.com. [Trullion: Alastor 2262]
'corroboratory' orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
It is very interesting now to look back upon the history and career of the Darwinian theory in the last thirty years; to recall, first the fierce outcry and denunciation it elicited, then the gradual accumulation of corroboratory evidence from all quarters in its favor; the accession of one scientific authority after another to the new views; the softening, little by little, of ecclesiastical opposition; its gradual acceptance by the broad-minded alike in theological and scientific circles; then, in these recent years, the exaltation of the new theory into a scientific and philosophic creed, wherein matter, force, and evolution constitute the new trinity, which, unless the modern man piously believes, he becomes anathematized and excommunicated by all the priests of the new dogmatism. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891] Reference
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