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corroborant, a. and n.|kəˈrɒbərənt|
[a. F. corroborant (Paré, 16th. c.) or ad. L. corrōborānt-em, pr. pple. of corrōborāre: see corroborate v.]
A. adj.
1. Strengthening, invigorating, esp. of medicinal agents.
1626Bacon Sylva §961 They be of three Intentions: Refrigerant, Corroborant, and Aperient. 1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 55 The Aqua Santa..becomes so cordial and corroborant, that it works miraculous Effects in many Diseases. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 362 It is purgative, not corroborant, they tell me. 1800Med. Jrnl. III. 231 His stomach had so lost its tone, that no medicine of the corroborant kind would stay a moment upon it. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 44 It is thought to have a corroborant influence upon the nervous system.
B. n.
1. A strengthening agent; a strengthener or invigorator of the system; a tonic.
1727–52in Chambers Cycl. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (ed. 11) 321 The best corroborants which we know, are the Peruvian bark and wine. 1866Treas. Bot. I. 333/2 In cases of debility, Dogwood is a valuable corroborant.
2. Something which corroborates (a statement, etc.); a corroboratory fact.
1805Med. Jrnl. XVII. 511 It is not my intention..to trouble you with all the corroborants of this subject. 1890M. Davitt in 19th Cent. Mar. 375 This charge..was dexterously used as a corroborant to the forgeries and fabrications of Parnellism and Crime. |