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corroborative, a. and n.|kəˈrɒbərətɪv|
[a. F. corroboratif, -ive (Paré, 16th c.), ad. L. type *corrōborātīv-us, f. corrōborāt- ppl. stem: see -ive.]
A. adj. Having the quality of corroborating.
1. Strengthening, fortifying, invigorating. arch.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1877) 78 These sweet smels are bothe corroboratiue to the sences, and confortatiue to the spirits. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. ii. iv. 74 Corroboratiue and other medicines. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1749) III. 70 We shall endeavour to make appear: 1st, That Wit and Humour are corroborative of Religion, and promotive to true Faith. 1861Mill Utilit. iii. 48 A complete web of corroborative association is woven round the social feeling by the powerful agency of the external sanctions.
2. Of a legal act, statement, evidence, etc.: Confirmatory.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. xi. x. §21 A latter oath may be corroborative of the former, or constructive of a new obligation. 1750Warburton Lett. (1809) 37 Anything explanatory or corroborative of what I say in the beginning of my book. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 273 This epitaph, corroborative of the tradition above-mentioned. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxii, I will give corroborative testimony. 1880Gladstone in 19th Cent. No. 38. 717 Whether the Homeric poems may not be a corroborative witness to the Book of Genesis.
†B. n. A strengthening or fortifying agent or measure; esp. in Med. = corroborant. Obs.
1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 246 The juice of Scordotis is holden to be a great corroboratiue of the stomack. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. ix. ⁋20 The rite of confirmation is..intended by the Holy Ghost for a corroborative of baptismall grace. 1785D. Low Chiropod. 128 A little warm wine..to act as a corroborative. 1805Foster Ess. ii. vi. 191 An efficacious corroborative to his inflexibility.
Hence coˈrroboratively adv.
1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 407 ‘It is true’, exclaimed Madame de Bohm, corroboratively. 1865Pall Mall G. 6 May 4 The anonymous painter and grainer, who writes..so corroboratively to ‘my dear Lord’ from America. |